Hawkes Glass Sugar Bowl Sterling Silver Lid Spoon 1800s Hallmarks ANTIQUE

Description

Offered Here is an Original, Antique Fancy, Late-1800’s, Blown-Glass + “Sterling-Silver-Lidded” Table-Sugar-Bowl, with It’s Matching Monogrammed Spoon.
Measuring about 3 3/4” High, and about 2 3/4” Wide, across the Base, The Fancy Blown-Glass Bowl is Crudely Hand-Blown, Displaying Nice Swirl-Marks or Natural “Waviness” from when it was Spun, on the end of a Blow-Pipe, to Produce the Cylindrical-Shape of the Utilitarian Vessel.
The Bottom of the Bowl Features a Finely, “Wheel-Engraved” Sunburst Pattern that is Perfect, with Bright Relieved Details and Classicly Smooth “Flint-Glass” Surfaces in Betweeen the “Wheel-Work”
The “Etched” Maker’s Insignia “HAWKES”, is Seen, on the Edge of the Base and is Quite Clear + Legible.
The Loop-Handled-Lid Is Marked, along-the-edge, “STERLING” and a Code Number “22”. The Top Features a Fancy Script-Incised Personal-Monogram of what appears to be the Letters “AFR”, but I am not certain and it is open-to anyone’s best guess.
The Spoon Measures about 5” Long snd appears to be “Hand-Crafted” + is a Tiny-Bit Uneven, at One-Point but Features a Boldly, Incised, Mark of “STERLING” and a Personal Monogramed Initial “R”, as seen in the Photos.
CONDITION: The Bowl and it’s Components are in Very Nice, Original, Antique “Estate-Recovered”, Condition - The Glass Has NO CHIPS, NO CRACKS, NO DISTRACTING SCUFFS, OR ABRASIONS, NO BRUISES, NO IMPACT-DINGS, The Silver-Lid- “Top” Displays One, Small “Dimple” that is Related to Usage or Handling, and Both the Spoon and Lid are Seen to Have some “Age-Related-Tarnishing” which may be Removed with a Silver-Polishing if someone wanted to try but I have Not Done any Cleaning to the Metal Parts. - Very Clean + Very Nice (!!!!)
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omas Gibbons Hawkes (1846-1913), an Irishman whose family was involved with the Irish glass industry, immigrated to the United States in 1863. At the age of 17, Hawkes obtained a job as a draftsman for Hoare & Daily, a glass cutting firm in Brooklyn, NY. By 1870, he had moved to Corning, NY to supervise a Hoare & Daily branch located within the Corning Glass Works Building.
Hawkes amicably left Hoare & Daily in 1880 to open Thomas G. Hawkes & Co., the second cutting firm established Corning. For a town whose glass industry was beginning to expand, the creation of a second cutting firm was a significant development. It was the winning of a
Grand Prize
(63.7.33) for cut glass at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle though, that solidified T.G. Hawkes & Co.’s significance within the cut glass industry. This event brought a stimulus to the American glass industry and to Corning, who quickly adopted the nickname the “Crystal City.”
Over time, T.G. Hawkes & Co. became the largest cutting shop in the area. Their reputation for quality glass production led to an important list of clientele, including the White House and the American Embassy in St. Petersburg. At its peak around 1900, T.G. Hawkes & Co. employed more than 400 workers. Their success enabled them to open a second branch in 1901, and a third in 1902.
When Hawkes died in 1913, his son Samuel took over the business. Unfortunately, the decrease in demand for luxury cut ware led to the closing of T.G. Hawkes & Co. in 1962. This marked the end of an era and the end of Corning’s participation in the cut glass industry. T.G. Hawkes & Co.’s eighty-two years in business and high quality production remain significant to the history and tradition of cut glass in the Crystal City.