Description
Hawkes Sterling Base Cut Glass Centerpiece compote. Hawkes cut glass bowl with<br>an urn and scrolling flowers set in a sterling base marked Hawkes Sterling, 12<br>1/2" wide by 6" ht. NOTE: Exhibited at the Wichita Art Museum where there is a<br>current permanent exhibition of the Burnstein Collection. All museum ID tags can<br>be removed. PROVENANCE: Burnstein Collection.<br><br>Thomas Gibbons Hawkes, born in County Cork, Ireland in 1846 to a prominent<br>family with a glassworking heritage, emigrated to the United States in 1863. His<br>career began as a foreman for glass factory Hoare and Daily in Brooklyn, New<br>York moving with the company to Corning, New York in 1868.<br><br>Once in Corning, he soon opened his own cutting shop which was incorporated as<br>T.G. Hawkes & Company in 1890. This on the heels of success the year before when<br>Hawkes famously won acclaim and Grand Prize at the Universal Exposition in<br>Paris.<br><br>Thomas Gibbons Hawkes<br>European taste for sparkling cut glass at this time was emulated in the United<br>States in what was called the Brilliant Cut Glass Period. Over 1,000 cutting<br>shops were founded to meet the demand and T.G. Hawkes & Company flourished. The<br>company was in operation for 82 years.
