American Brilliant Cut Glass tazza (shallow bowl of wide form, standing on a footed stem), in the Willow pattern by Hawkes, 5 ¾ inches by 9 inches, with a hobstar foot and fabulous blank.

American glasshouses began faceting heavy, relatively thick, leaded glass blanks, and the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 saw the flowering of American Brilliant Period cut glass.

I know it came from Germany and is at least 70 years old. R. B., Kalamazoo, Michigan A: This type of glass goes by a variety of names which include “cut overlay” and “red cut to clear.” ...

American Brilliant Cut Glass bowl of exceptional quality signed by Hawkes in the Imperial 2 pattern, 3 ½ inches by 8 inches with deep cutting, sold in the March 4-5 auction ($9,200).