Get Vendio Gallery – Now FREE! Elegant set of Hawkes Set 24 wheel-cut engraved glasses in the “Rock Crystal” style: 12 Water and 12 Wine. Leaf and flowers design with faceted merese and stem, leaf design on foot. Hawkes & Company of Corning, New York, founded in 1880. One of America’s premiere glass makers. Likely cut from Steuben or Dorflinger blanks. See the Corning Museum of Glass, online collection, for similar examples. “Rock Crystal” is a style of of copper-wheel engraving that, combined with polishing, gives glass objects the appearance of rock crystal. This style was introduced by Thomas Webb & Sons of England in the 1870s. Water: 7 1/2″ high, 3″ diameter Wine: 6″ high, 3.5″ diameter. Condition: excellent, one water with inclusion near rim that looks like a chip has been ground out. The flattened, collar-like knob between the bowl and the stem, on the stem, or between the stem and the foot of a goblet. The item “Vintage Set of 24 Hawkes Rock Crystal Glasses 12 Water and 12 Wine” is in sale since Friday, February 19, 2016. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Glass\Glassware\Cut Glass\Vintage”. The seller is “clara727″ and is located in New York, New York. This item can be shipped to United States.