Best Hawkes Glass Sterling Silver Cocktail Shaker Muddler 1939 Golf Tournament

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Best Hawkes Glass Sterling Silver Cocktail Shaker Muddler Pitcher 1939 Golf Tournament. The top is engraved "The Twenty-Fine Golf Tournament Second Prize June 13, 1939 Won by William C Hotchkin". The glass on the bottom has the etched Hawkes markings and the rim the of the top is marked Hawkes Sterling 1192. It measures about 8 3/4" tall; the original glass mixing stick measures 16" long. It weighs 1 pound 13 ounces total. Excellent condition, museum quality - see my 12 photos. Guaranteed genuine 1939 era Hawkes all original. William C Hotchkin lived in Brookline Mass. and this trophy piece was likely from the famous The Country Club of Brookline.
Thomas G. Hawkes & Company
A glass company based in Corning, NY, T.G. Hawkes & Co. (c.1880-1959) specialized in cutting fine brilliant cut glass and tableware. The company was established by Thomas Gibbons Hawkes (1846-1913). Born in Ireland, Hawkes immigrated to Brooklyn in 1862, and then moved to Corning to work for the Hoare and Dailey Cut Glass Firm. He opened his own cut glass firm in 1880. This firm, T.G. Hawkes & Co., soon became famous for quality wares. Hawkes' glassware was used in the White House from 1885 until 1938. In 1903, he brought Frederick Carder from England to establish the Steuben Glass Works.
The Silver Department of the Hawkes company created a number of sterling mounts, mostly on rock crystal engraved wares.