I wish I could find a reasonable way to convey this bowls size. It is enormous in every way, both very deep and very wide. The shape, is one of a swirled blowout and extremely pleasing to the eye. I have seen this blank signed Hawkes, but I’m guessing this piece is too early to be signed. It was terribly difficult to photograph, but each portion of the bowl, both the clear and busy Russian, has it’s own pocket blown out in the glass. It’s really an incredible piece – so much movement for what is really a completely stationary piece of glass.
The traditional Russian pattern swirls around this bowl divided by a clear channeled cutting. The rim treatment is very cool in that each pocket is separated by the serrated edge, like leaves. The swirling motif surround a brilliant 24-point hobstar.
Now read this carefully and get our your tape measure to gain some perspective – the bowl is nearly 11″ diameter and 4 1/2″ tall. It’s larger than all forms of this type I’ve seen. It’s in perfect condition and will wow anyone looking its way.
I think this shape is particularly neat. It very much looks like a flying saucer – almost like a compressed flower center. It looks similar to some Pairpoint work, but I do not know the maker.
This flower center is cut particularly well. Deep hobstars alternate with flatter ones surrounded by a 5-point formation of parallel notches. The neck of the piece is fluted and notched. The entire perimeter of the “flying saucer” is cut with deep punties – like windows from the vessel. The base of the piece is features an extremely well done hobstar with rays surrounding it.
The flower center is in perfect condition and measures 8″ wide, 4 1/4″ tall. A very unique shape to add to your collection.
This is such a striking and impressive shape. Cut in J. Hoare’s Rookwood, this vase is signed on the base.
The vase is really a perfect balance between motifs. The richly cut stair neck and rim radiate light in every direction. The Rookwood pattern’s defining motif is the diamond field with a clear, deep split. Topping that field is a large hobstar which is seperated from the rest of the pattern by a cane field and crosshatching. The base of this piece is particularly impressive with a large 32-point hobstar and a serrated edge.
The vase is in perfect condition with no chips or staining. It is quite large and measures 12 1/4″ high and 5 3/4″ wide.
I find Chrysanthemum to be one of the most underrated patterns of the Brilliant Period. The workmanship on this bowl is second to none – the wood wheel polish especially. Early Hawkes pieces like this one toyed with leaving certain areas less polished than others. On this bowl, they’ve left the crosshatched vesicas and hobstar centers less polished leaving behind whiter contrasting lines.
What’s particularly special about this bowl is that Hawkes, rather than using the typical three vesicas, used four. Converging at the epicenter of the bowl are four large split vesicas containing crosshatching. Surrounding each of these vesicas are two larger bands of cane which meet at a flashed 8-point hobstar! Lying between each of these vesicas is a large, deep 26-point hobstar.
Again, I can’t street enough the quality of cutting, polish and blank featured on this bowl. If I only had three words to describe this piece they would be – mirror like precision. The bowl measures 9″ wide and 3 3/4″ tall.
I’ve never seen this blank before, but it appears to be a deep ice cream tray. It’s signed Hoare and some of their finest work.
Hobnail converges in 4 points in the center of the tray. Above each one of these fields are large hobstars topped with Christmas-style hobstars. In between each of these large hobstars is a smaller hobstar surrounded by crosshatching or cane. The most striking motif on this piece is at either end of the tray. It’s essentially a cluster of double miter trellis, which I have only seen one other time. It’s also imperative to note that every clear portion you can see in the pattern is a rounded tusk – the hardest motif to cut. The tray is truly an impressive piece that the cutter took a great bit of care in.
The tray measures 12″ long, 7 1/2″ wide, 3 1/4″ tall and is in perfect condition. The blank is ultra water-white and a perfect piece to display that wonderful clear tusk work.
The amount of work on this piece is astounding. Already a desirable shape, the cutting really puts this vase over many others I’ve seen on similar blanks.
If you wanted to oversimplify this pattern, you could say it’s solely made up of hobstars, bands and crosshatching, but this piece is so much more than that. The first thing I notice is the tightness of cutting. The bands that separate the diamond-shaped hobstars, rather than being cane, are made up of Russian cutting. To fit that amount of detail in such a small space is astounding. Even the fans that top off the vase are more like bursting stars than just ordinary fans. The neck is step cut and the top of the vase is finished with alternating diamonds of crosshatching and hobnail. The base is covered with a rayed star.
The vase is in perfect condition and measures 10″ tall, 4 1/4″ diameter. It’s a superior cabinet piece that will certainly standout in any colleciton.
This is a particularly unusual piece. The pattern is nearly a cross between Taylor Brother’s Bellevue and Hawkes Nautilus. In addition to being like Bellevue, there is a similar edge treatment with no serrated teeth. For these reasons, I’d have to guess this piece was made by Taylor Brothers. I’ve only ever seen this pattern one other time, on a deep bowl I sold.
The bowl consists of three interlocking circles. These three circles contain a highly stylized for of pinwheel. Where the circles intersect, there are 3 vesica of cane cutting. As if they didn’t have enough motifs, the circles are also topped iwth hobnail. Resting between each of the three circles is a perfeclty shaped hobstar and a band of crasshatching. It’s an absolutely singular pattern to say the least!
The bowl is in perfect condition and measures 9 1/4″ wide and just under 2 1/2″ tall. The blank is exceptionally clear and heavy.
This piece continually has me saying, “Wow,” while leaving my jaw ajar simultaneously. The shape, cutting and polish simply flabbergast me. Cut in Dorflinger’s Brilliant pattern, this piece embodies some of the finest features in American Brilliant Period glassware. The exact piece in shown in the line drawings – I’ve always considered this a centerpiece and I’ve seen others call it an eggnog bowl as well. Regardless, it’s astounding in ever possible way. The shape is so perfectly done with that little flare towards the center of the bowl.
The Brilliant pattern adorns this shape so well. A vesica featuring a hobstar topped on either end with crosshatching is surrounded by feathered cutting. This feathered work runs into either a panel of hobnail or a large 16-point hobstar. Fans adorn the rim and additional flat hobstars are featured in the lower bout of the bowl. The stem of this piece is phenomenal – a huge lapidar knob ties the whole piece together to a very large 24-point hobstar base! Again – WOW!
The piece is on a superbly thick blank with that fine wood-wheel polishing that Dorflinger is so well known for. Despite being so thick, the blank is completely translucently clear – like looking through a window. The centerpiece is in perfect condition with a couple of practically non-existant fleabites on the rim and some surface scratches. The imposing footed bowl measures 10 7/8″ wide and 7 7/8″ tall. These centerpieces rarely come along, and when they do, the quality is nearly always lesser than this one. Any possible way you look at this piece, it is nothing but stunning.
This pentray, signed, Hawkes is quite the conversation piece. Hawkes made several smaller pieces like this (one supposedly made to commemorate the Wright Bros. flight at Kitty Hawk) and the amount of detail they could fit into such a small space is breathtaking.
The scene displayed on this piece is that of a sail boat surrounded by beautiful rolling hills and what looks to be a castle. If one takes a close look at the photos, it’s simple to see the amount of detail involved in this piece – every blade of grass is visible in the field and great depth perception is readily visible. The geometric border of this pattern is quite unusual. It’s more or less an advanced, fanned button version of cane cutting. The handles of the tray are finished in 3 punties and fans.
Smaller, well engraved pieces like this are flat-out rare! There’s obviously a story that goes along with each scene which hopefully, someone viewing this page would like to clue me into. The tray is on a beautiful blank and measures 7 3/8″ long, 3 1/2″ wide and 1 1/4″ tall. It’s in perfect condition with the exception of some extremely minor edge roughness.
For those that are unfamiliar with this item, it’s a sugar shaker by Meriden and the lid is stamped by Wilcox. Sugar shakers are true rarities of the Brilliant Period – seldom seen or found. Meriden actually produced a good five or six different varieties in different shapes and sizes.
The pattern on this shaker mixes a wide variety of motifs which compliment one another perfectly. Towards the more bulbous base is a large hobstar. Topping each hobstar are two fields of crosshatching topped with an adjacent field of hobnail. That same hobnail field is reversed in direction, pointing toward the bottom in between each hobstar. The top of the shaker is finished with fans and the base is covered in a rayed star.
The shaker is in perfect condition and measures a large 4 3/4″ tall and 2 1/2″ tall. There are no stains, chips or cracks.
Ellsmere is one of the most masterfully conceived patterns that Libbey ever produced. The amount of balance and symmetry in the pattern is stunning and the quality is always top-tier. This bowl is signed directly in the center with the Libbey Sabre.
A flat hobstar is flanked on either side by two bands of triple-miter cane. This main portion of the pattern is encircled in what looks like partial circles-something I imagine wasn’t particularly easy to execute. Rising from this area is fine crosshatching met with deeply cut notched prism which creates the an extremely tasteful border. The center of the bowl has a complex 6-point hobstar formation.
The blank of this piece is exceptionally clear and the condition is just as impressive-I spot no chips or nicks except for one very, very small fleabite on the base. The bowl measures 8 1/4″ wide and 4″ tall.
This vase, signed J. Hoare, is a particularly tasteful version of a bowling-pin vase. The pattern fits the piece extremely well and features rich, complex cutting.
One of the main features of this pattern is a unique cluster/hexad of double-mitered hobnail. It is a very flashy motif and is used in some of the finer patterns of the period by Hoare (and Libbey’s Imperial). A large hobstar adorns both the top and bottom of the hexad motif. The other portion of the pattern is comprised of cane, crosshatching, fans, flat hobstars and a little triangular field of clear glass. The base is finished in a rayed star.
The vase is in perfect condition and measures 10″ tall and 4 1/4″ wide. The singular cutting and unique blank really set this vase apart from the pack.
