Seldom Seen Hawkes Old Valencian Bowl – SOLD

I’ve only ever seen this design four times. It’s an early pattern by Hawkes – one that is extremely well cut, deeply and wood-wheel polished.

Vesicas device large areas of very deeply cut hobstars. The vesicas are made up for a split center run of notching topped with crosshatching. It is topped with a another deeply cut hobstar separated by fanned fields. The center of the platter has 4 smaller, but exceptionally deep cut hobstars.

The polish/finish on the piece is second to none – early Hawkes achieved this with different levels of polish-some areas left unfinished for textural contrast. The blank of the bowl is thick, heavy and measures 9 1/2″ wide and 4″ tall.