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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Irises Vase
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Irises Vase

Manufacturer T.G. Hawkes & Co. (American, 1880 - 1962)
CultureAmerican
Datelate 19th - early 20th century
MediumBlown and engraved glass
DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
InscribedSigned in center of bottom with symbol and "HAWKES".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.5897
On View
Not on view
DescriptionClear; engraved irises on one side and butterfly on the other. Cylindrical with bulge toward top and 3/4" flaring rim.

Exhibition History"Clear as Crystal: Colorless Glass from the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 19, 2020 - July 11, 2021.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.
ca. 1905
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.
ca. 1916
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.
ca. 1925
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.
1850-1899
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.
ca. 1909
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.
ca. 1920
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.
ca. 1903-1910
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.
ca. 1890
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.
ca. 1916
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
T.G. Hawkes & Co.