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Cut Wineglass

Engraved Hawkes Paperweight
Cut and Engraved Plate
 
Print
 
Object Name: 
Cut Wineglass
Department
American
Category
Crystal City
Place Made: 
United States, Corning, NY
Date: 
1885-1900
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
AAT
tooling
AAT
engraving
AAT
cut glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.2 cm, Diam: 6.3 cm
Accession Number: 
2005.4.50
Location: 
On Display
Description
Wineglass, “Louis XIV” pattern. Colorless and yellow green lead glass; blown, cut and engraved decoration. Cylindrical bowl with slightly flaring sheared rim, colorless glass cased with a greenish yellow and engraved with a band of leaves above fleur de lis and flowers with a monogram surrounded by a circle of flowers on one side; lower part of bowl cut with a band of fine diamonds above larger diamonds; applied stem of colorless glass cut in flutes and facets, applied flat circular foot, with cut star underneath.
Provenance
From the Cutter's Wheel, Source to 2005-08-05

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