Box and Lid

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Object Name: 
Box and Lid
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
96.4.185 C
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.8, W: 15.7 cm, D: 8.5 cm; (a) Box H: 4.5 cm, W: 15.6 cm, D: 8.5 cm; (b) Lid H: .9 cm, W: 15.7 cm, W: 8.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1915-1935
Web Description: 
Production of fanciful desk accessories coincided with a flourishing culture of letter writing. The elegance of handwriting and the objects used became important indicators of character and social status. This matching set includes an inkwell, stamp boxes, pen tray, letter rack, and blotter, all to keep the furniture neat and tidy from ink stains.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
From the Cutter's Wheel, Source
1996-10-08
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
engraving
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
HAWKES
stamp
: 
Acid stamped (a) edge of base on short side

Description

Primary Description: 
Box and Lid. Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Rectangular box and lid, four sides of box cut with closely-spaced parallel lines centering on a polished oval engraved with a crossed torch, bow and quiver, a helmet and flowers, and ribbons, with a double scroll on each side of the oval; top rim and plain base cut and polished, base acid-stamped "HAWKES". Lid is stepped, with top surface cut with a frame of fine diamonds and lower surface cut with closely-spaced parallel lines centering on a polished oval engraved with a crossed torch, bow and quiver, a helmet and flowers, and ribbons, with a double scroll on each side of the oval; edges cut and polished.

Publications (3)

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 57, #93; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 39 (1997) illustrated, pp. 182-183, #48; BIB# AI5243
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1996 (1997) illustrated, p. 12, p. 17; BIB# AI95179

Objects in Set (6)

6 Piece Desk Set
Artist:T. G. Hawkes & Company
Date:1915-1935
Accession Number:96.4.185
Blotter
Artist:T. G. Hawkes & Company
Date:1915-1935
Accession Number:96.4.185 A
 
Letter Rack
Artist:T. G. Hawkes & Company
Date:1915-1935
Accession Number:96.4.185 B
Box and Lid
Artist:T. G. Hawkes & Company
Date:1915-1935
Accession Number:96.4.185 D
 
Pen Tray
Artist:T. G. Hawkes & Company
Date:1915-1935
Accession Number:96.4.185 E
Inkwell and Lid
Artist:T. G. Hawkes & Company
Date:1915-1935
Accession Number:96.4.185 F