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Object NamePerfume Bottle Blank
Manufacturer T. G. Hawkes & Company (American, 1880-1962)
Made FromLead Glass
Date1908-1912
Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning
TechniqueBlown, cut
Accession Number90.4.338
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Fellows of The Corning Museum of Glass
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPerfume Bottle Blank. Colorless lead glass; blown and cut. Cylindrical shape; molded screw threads on neck, cut stars and panels on five sided body; pentagonal base, ground and polished flat with acid-etched "HAWKES" below a trefoil with hawks on base; four paper labels on one side, pasted on top of each other so that only the top one is legible; typed in blue ink, inscribed "#1118 / 6 Dozen to match / no lighter and / blow thread up / tight / 10/25/12" and stamped "T. G. HAWKES & CO.".
Provenance
Source Skinner, Inc. - 1990-02-14
This is part of the lot of archival material, plaster casts, fittings, glass blanks and samples of cutting patterns purchased from the heirs of Veronica Forgett. Mrs. Forgett had purchased the lot from Hawkes in 1962 when the company closed.
Former Collection Veronica Forgett
This is part of the lot of archival material, plaster casts, fittings, glass blanks and samples of cutting patterns purchased from the heirs of Veronica Forgett. Mrs. Forgett had purchased the lot from Hawkes in 1962 when the company closed.

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