Hawkes Venetian Ship’s Carafe – SOLD |
This is a great looking, flat-bottomed ship’s carafe in Hawkes beautiful and old Venetian pattern. The entire piece is beautifully wood-wheel polished.
The outer layer of the Venetian contains a chain of 8-point hobstars. Each hobstar has a field of fans in between it’s point and a smaller, clear-button 8-point hobstar on the interior. Fans lie in between each of the larger stars. The center and signature portion of the pattern is made up for 6-looped split-vesicas with the finest of crosshatching. The neck of the carafe is fluted and notched and hte base is finished with a rayed star.
This gorgeous, early piece of brilliant cut glass measures and is in perfect conditon.