by Gerry LaCroix

The Alpine (one-piece) punch bowl by Hawkes measures 6 inches high by 12 inches in diameter and is unsigned.  It was donated to the ACGA Collection in 2003.   

As shown in Figs. 1a and 1b, the pattern consists of two parallel chains of 16-point hobstars separated by a chain of crossed vesicas.  The cutting in each chain is duplicated 8 times as the chain circumscribes the bowl.  The base of the bowl is marked by a larger 8-point rayed star. 

According to Spillman (ref. 1, p.42 and p. 192), the Alpine pattern was in production as early as 1896, and appeared in a Hawkes catalog ca. 1900 as portrayed in Fig. 2.   There it is identified as a 12-inch deep bowl on shape 346 with a cost of $30.

 Another illustration (see Fig. 3) of the Alpine pattern may be found in ref. 2, p. 129 in the form of an 8-inch diameter bowl.   The pattern in this bowl depicts the chains as consisting of what appears to be 10 links vs. the 8 links for the bowl in the ACGA collection. 

 Hawkes also produced a very different pattern named Alpine in the mid-1910s.  See ref. 3, p.98; ref. 4, p. 80-81; and Figs. 4a and 4b below:

Other makers of an Alpine pattern, each different from the Hawkes versions described in this article, as well as from each other, may be found in refs. 5 through 8. 

References:

 1.  “The American Cut Glass Industry – T.G. Hawkes and his Competitors”, by Jane Shadel Spillman;
 2.  “Collecting American Brilliant Cut Glass 1876-1916”, by Bill and Louise Boggess;
 3.  “The Complete Cut & Engraved Glass of Corning”; by Estelle F. Sinclaire and Jane Shadel Spillman;
 4.  “Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass”, by Bill and Louise Boggess;
 5.  ACGA reprint of J.D. Bergen 1893 catalog, p. 25;
 6.  ACGA reprint of T.B. Clark 1908 catalog, p. 10;
 7.  ACGA reprint of J. Hoare 1896 catalog, p. 46; and
 8.  ACGA reprint of Krantz and Sell catalog (ca. 1921), p. 102.