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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
Objects in Set (6)





