Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Thomas G. Hawkes & Co.
Entities
Categories
Description
Clear glass, cut and engraved. Waisted cylindrical body with lip at the front and alternately scalloped and serrated rim; loop handle with serrated facets down the back and sides and a cut across the top to serve as a thumb rest. The sides decorated with flowing sprays of flowers and leaves which spring from the centre of the base.
Legal notes
Given by Mr John Tillotson
Measurements and weight
Height: 15.8 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1984-04-30)
by
Tillotson, John
Dating
20th Century, Early
Production date:
circa
AD 1910
: See notes on Hawkes provided by Jane Shadel Spillman, Curator of American Glass, Corning Museum of Glass, with letter of 7th June, 1984. In object file. She gives a twenty year or perhaps more period from 1903 for the Gravic mark.
Components of the work
Handle To Spout
Width 20.0 cm
Decoration
Materials used in production
Clear glass
Techniques used in production
Cutting (glassworking)
: Cut and engraved glass
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: surrounding a shamrock/trefoil
- Text: GRAVIC GLASS HAWKES
- Location: On base of handle
- Method of creation: Etched
- Type: Mark
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.12-1984
Primary reference Number: 27334
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
