These are four champagne stems in Hawkes’ or Dorflinger’s Cobweb pattern – both firms cut this pattern. The stems feature a lapidary knob and teardrop and each one is wood-wheel polished. We have one cordial that matches this set here.
The cobweb pattern features a chain of strawberry-diamond fields, each separated by fan cutting. Draping below this chain is the “cobweb” cutting featuring several crossing miters-like an advanced Russian pattern. The base of these stems is incredible and proudly displays a large 18 split point hobstar.
The blanks of these glasses are of the highest quality and free of any damage whatsoever. Each measures approximately 4 3/4″ tall and 3 3/4″ across the top. The bargain price is for one stem each and can be combined in any combination from 1 to 4.
This bowl is something I’ve never seen displayed in American cut glass – a full, highly detailed Asian (likely Chinese or Japanese) scene. The pattern is a near match to the famous porcelain Blue Willow pattern. It’s likely Hawkes made this on special request to go with someone’s China set. It is signed in the center with the Hawkes trefoil. The bowl is highly detailed and the photos really show better than I could ever achieve in words. Even the roof slats are shaded by the engraver.
The engraving on this bowl features two identical pagodas, surrounded on either side by two different types of trees. Elaborate fencing protects the yard of each pagoda. Two differing scenes are depicted on either side of the pagodas. The first features two workers crossing a bridge. The waterway in the background features a sailboat with collected crop on its back. The second scene shows a single man crossing a bridge. In the background there is a paddle boat with a man rowing it. Overhead there are two birds crossing each others path. The center is finished off in an Asian-styled 4 leaf clover or wreath while the rim has a slatted border design.
Again, the amount of detail and variety within the engraving on this bowl are incredibly unusual for an American piece of cut glass. The bowl is in perfection condition and measures 7 1/2″ wide and 3 1/2″ tall. I can’t stress how unusual it is to find a piece like this by an American cutting firm – truly a rarity and conversation piece!
Roseglobes over 6″ in diameter are extremely scarce. This imposing one, by Libbey, is cut in their Harvard pattern. The Harvard pattern is one of Libbey’s early designs and is completely wood-wheel polished to mirror-like perfection.
The Harvard pattern is made up of two main, diamond-shaped motifs. The first of these is a field of strawberry-diamond cutting. The other is a miter bordered field of crosshatching. These two fields sit atop some fully cut fans. The base of this roseglobe has a beautiful 10-point hobstar. The rim is notched. The cutting on this piece is extremely deep and highlights what Libbey was capable of achieving early on.
The roseglobe is in perfect condition and measures 8″ wide and 6 1/8″ tall. The blank is extremely thick, heavy and clear and a perfect form for the pattern.
Queens is easily one of Hawkes most popular patterns. It’s readily apparent why – the combination of brilliant cutting and optical, lens-like effect of the punties make the pattern come to life. Add to that the fact that Queens is always cut on the highest quality blanks, and you have a reason for its popularity. This plate is signed directly in the center with the Hawkes trefoil.
The center of the plate contains a sunburst with a 6-pointed star made out of cane surrounding it. Spurring from the sunburst are six chains of graduation hobstars-each one getting larger towards the edge of the plate. Lying between each chain of hobstars, is are connected punties or honeycomb cutting. This cutting provides an opitcal illusion when looking through the glass.
The plate measures 10″ in diameter and is in mint, original condition. The blank is of the absolute highest quality and it makes looking through the clear punty cutting breathtaking. This is the type of piece that will draw an onlooker in. People who know nothing about cut glass will easily recognize the quality and uniqueness of this plate.
This extremely high-quality carafe, cut in American Cut Glass Company’s Anne pattern is one of the most well cut carafes one can find. The pattern was designed by the ever-popular cut glass prodigy, William C. Anderson. Many of the motifs employed in the Anne pattern were his top choices in his highest quality designs.
The Anne pattern situates itself perfectly on this bulbous carafe. Vesicas featuring 3 clear button hobstars are finished off on either end with deeply cut notching. Each of these vesicas is surrounded by feathered cutting which narrowly makes contact with the next vesica’s feathered cutting. Atop the feather cutting is a smaller hobstar. The base is finished with a 5-sided split point hobstar featuring 20 points. Crosshatching boarders all five sides and provides the base for the feather cutting. The neck is fluted and notched.
The carafe is in perfect condition with just a few tiny fleabites. The blank (which I believe is made by Libbey) is vibrant and displays this high-quality pattern perfectly. The carafe measures 8 1/4″ tall and 6 1/4″ wide. This is an unusual opportunity to own a piece in this pattern at a bargain price!
This is an extremely rare item – I have only ever seen one other piece like this (exact same blank and silver) and the cutting wasn’t near as nice. This piece, signed Hawkes, features a pattern that is nearly a combination of their Brunswick and Marquise patterns. The thick silver base is marked Gorham and has two monogrammed “A”‘s on the front.
The pattern consists of richly cut hobstars near the mouth of the pitcher, which appear to drip down the sides of the pitcher into a fan and parallel notching. In between each of these “drips” is a deeply cut, clear scallop. Underneat each large scallop is a crossmotif which is identical to cutting featured in between the hobstars in the Panel pattern. The base features a rayed star which fits perfectly inside of the silver rim. The handles is fluted and notched.
The pitcher is in fantastic condition with only one very small flake at the rim. It measures 8 7/8″ tall and 4 1/2″ wide. The combination of silver and brilliant cut glass really puts this piece over the top.
This handled tray, signed Hawkes, has me baffled. I’ve only ever seen this blank twice – on a Hawkes’ Panel tray (photo on this page) and a Hawkes Gravic Chicken tray. I would consider those pieces to be sandwich trays, yet this piece is nearly one third of the size!??! I have no idea what the function of this piece was but the blank is identical to the Panel piece – down to the formation of, and cutting on, the handles. It’s just much smaller.
The pattern on this piece includes an unusual cross-cut motif with fields of full fans. The center has a rayed star which is actually outlined with an additional miter. The handles are left completely clear except for the very end where there are two parallel, curved miters.
The piece is in very good condition but does have two small little nips to the teeth and a tiny fleabite to a handle. The blank is quite clear and shows of the understated, yet tasteful pattern. The piece measures 6 3/4″ from handle to handle and 7/8″ tall.
This is easily one of the most unusual bowls I’ve ever seen – while it is square at the top, it is rounded at the bottom and curves inward on all sides. It is cut in J. Hoare’s Pebble pattern and the exact piece is shown in the ACGA catalog reprint (I’ve attached a photo on this page).
The amount of precise cutting is staggering and the way they cut on this blank leave one scratching their head. The large, 32-point hobstars are cut on complete curves. Meaning the center of the hobstar, while having great extension, actually sits lower than the outer points of the hobstar. I tried to encapsulate this with all of the photos but even still, something is lost in translation. Between each hobstar is a large field of laser-precise cane cutting. The center of the bowl has unsual maltese-cross type design featuring crosshathing surrounded on all sides by triple miter cutting. This bowl is just an astonishing conceptualization of pattern conforming to blank shape.
The bowl is in perfect condition- I barely see a fleabite on the entire piece and measures 7 1/4″ from side to side, 8 3/4″ from corner to corner, and 4 1/8″ tall. The blank is radiant and highlights this exemplary and rare pattern by the craftsmen at J. Hoare.
This adorable cologne is in Hawkes’ Venetian pattern. The Venetian pattern is quite old and unsurprisingly, this piece is unsigned. The Venetian pattern is precisely cut and completley wood wheel polished to the utmost of accuracy.
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 – looking like a flower bloom from the base. The stopper is lapidary cut.
This cologne is in excellent condition-it was one microscopic flake to the edge of the lip and a very very tiny and light stain to the base of the interior. This wonderful cabinet piece measures 5 1/8″ tall and 3 1/8″ wide. For it’s size, it has some real heft.
This pattern, by Libbey, is easily one of their rarest-Circles and Arcs. I’ve proudly been able to offer 3 pieces in this pattern and those have been the only pieces I’ve ever seen in person. Another example can be seen in the newest rendition of Revi’s American Cut and Engraved Glass. This bowl is signed directly in the center with the Libbey-sabre mark.
Circles and Arcs couldn’t be any more of an appropriately named design – circles and arcs of vesicas engulf the entire pattern. The circles are made up of 4 connecting vesicas, consisting of 3 hobstars each, encompassing a large hobstar. The large hobstar is surrounded on all sides by crosshatching, while the bottom side is covered by the nicest cane I’ve ever seen. Rather than having flat buttons to top off the cane, the clear portions come to sharp points-like diamond-point hexad. The layout of this pattern is particularly pleasing to the eye-perfectly proportional while remaining both complicated and simple, depending how one looks at it.
This rare piece is in nearly perfect condition with only a few fleabites and one thin clam-shell chip to a miter. The blank is of the highest Libbey quality and the bowl measures 9″ wide and 3 3/4″ tall.
Humidors have always been one of the most desirable forms of the Brilliant Period, however most lack exciting, well-done cutting. This humidor couldn’t be further from the more common pieces that most collectors have encountered. Cut in Libbey’s Neola pattern, both the jar and lid are signed Libbey with the saber. It’s readily apparent from the details of this pattern, that this piece was designed by master craftsman William C. Anderson and it was patented by him in 1902.
The lid alone of this jar is a complete masterpiece. I have not seen a humidor lid, or any lid for that matter, cut this well. Three hobstars are arranged on the outer portion of the lid with one central hobstar at the very top. All of these are very deeply cut and are separated by the unique flashing motif that Neola is so well known for. Wedding-Cake hobstars. That’s immediately what I think of when I hear Neola. These are the large, 3-tiered hobstars featured prominently in the center of the humidor. After handling a number of Neola pieces over the years, I’d say they are the best hobstars Libbey ever cut. Each one of these Wedding-Cake hobstars has a point extension that is topped with flashing. The flashing motif repeats itself on the jar and nested in each X-shaped flash, there is a smaller hobstar. The base of the jar is finished with a rayed star.
Even when separated from the jar, the lid of the humidor is a work of art. When combined with the base, this jar becomes one of the best of the period. The humidor is quite large measuring just over 9″ tall and 5 1/2″ wide and is in perfect condition. The blank is of the highest quality. This Neola humidor shows what Libbey was able to achieve at the height of the Brilliant Period. I have this priced around what most average humidors sell for, while this one outshines all of the competition.
This beauty is cut in Tuthill’s Primrose and Swirl pattern. It is signed in the center and exhibits what Tuthill became masters of – combining geometric and realistic cutting.
Chains of alternating hobstars and crosshatching swirl, ever so elegantly, around the entire bowl and converge in the center. In between each of these chains is a thriving primrose bloom, starting from just a stem, to leaves, to buds, to blooms all the way to a full flower. The technical prowess of the engraver is shown in full.
This bowl is in perfect condition with just tiny flake on the rim. It measures 8 1/4″ wide and 3 1/2″ tall. A wonderful example of some of Tuthill’s best work!
