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

Plate

Manufacturer T.G. Hawkes & Co. (American, 1880 - 1962)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1909

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall, Rim: 11 in. (27.9 cm)

InscribedInside center stamped with "Hawkes" acid trademark.

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number80.5

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-6, Case 39

DescriptionPlate of clear blown brilliant cut glass. Panel pattern (patented Aug. 3, 1909) of 20 deep cut spokes radiating from the central star. Divided between them are graduating stars and bars. Rim of twenty large scallops divided by double points. Minor nicks at rim.

Published ReferencesGardner, GLASS, fig. 95, a 14" diameter identical pattern at Smithsonian. Revi, AMERICAN CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS, pg. 185, ill. P.V. Gardner, IN THE SMITHSONIAN: AMERICAN GLASS, pg. 8-9, ill. fig. 24. Judith Miller. A CLOSER LOOK AT ANTIQUES: A VISUAL GUIDE TO IDENTIFYING, DATING & AUTHENTICATING. London: Marshall Editions Ltd. 2000. p.180, ill.