American & Brilliant Period Cut Glass - 11-12-2022

Bidding starts: November 12, 2022 at 09:30 AM CST , Closing begins: November 12, 2022 at 05:00 PM CST
Douglass, KS
Item # 52

Tazza, ABCG, Willow Pattern By Hawkes

Tazza, American Brilliant Cut Glass, Willow Pattern By Hawkes, 5.75" X 9", Aka Lattice And Rosette Pattern, Fantastic Blank, Precisely Cut, Hobstar Foot, This Piece Came From Collection. Of Ros King Of The United Kingdom And Had Been Inherited From His Father Who Was An Analytical Chemist And Engineer During WWII And Worked With People From The USA On The Effects Of VX And Sarin Gas As Used In German Concentration Camps, Trying To Find An Antidote In Case They Were Used As Chemical Weapons. A Member Of The American Diplomatic Corps Stationed In Manchester Presented Him With The Lattice And Rosette Items Before He Returned To The States. Slanted Side Chip On Tooth Which According To Mr. King's Father's Memory, The Tazza Was Damaged During A Bombing Of Salford England By The Germans During WWII, Ros King Collection, UK

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