American Cut Glass - Motifs: Check List

Cut-Glass Motifs

Check List of Motifs Used in American Cut Glass

N.B.: This is an overview of the most commonly-found motifs in American cut glass, listed in a rational order.

Flat Wheel: Facets and Flutes
- Facets
- Flat Flutes
- Alternate Flutes
- Notched Flutes
Convex Wheel: Concavities
- Bullseyes (Punts, Printies)
  - Hollow Diamonds ("St. Louis Diamonds")
  - Hollow Hexagons ("Honeycomb")
  - Scales, Shields
  - Thumbprints ("Olives")
  - Windows
- Concave Flutes
  - Comb Flutes
Miter Wheel: Flutes
- Prismatic Flutes (see Prisms, below)
- Convex Flutes (Pillars, Pillar Flutes, Pods)
Miter Wheel: Rays
- Fan
  - Cross-cut Fan
  - Flashed Fan
- Star
  - Flashed Star
  - Radiating Star (Radiant Star, Victorian Glory Star, English Star)
  - Pyramidal (Prismatic) Star
- Ridged Radiants
- Bow Tie
Miter Wheel: Modified Stars
- Brunswick Star
  - Double Brunswick Star
- Regular (Multi-pointed) Hobstar
  - Jewel Hobstar
  - Victoria Hobstar ("Middlesex Hobstar")
  - Rose Diamond Hobstar (Rose-cut Diamond Hobstar)
  - Double-mitered Hobstar ("Toledo Hobstar")
  - Double Hobstar ("Windsor Hobstar")
  - Flashed Hobstar
  - Irregular Hobstar
- Pinwheel (Buzzsaw, Buzz Star, Whirling Star)
  - "Tornado Pinwheel"
Miter Wheel: Curved Miters
- Plain Vesica
  - Beaded Vesica
- Split Vesica
- X-cut Vesica
- Double X-cut Vesica
- Triple X-cut Vesica
- Arcs
Miter Wheel: Straight Miters (One Set of Parallel Miter Cuts)
- Silver Threads
- Blaze (Fringe)
- Prisms
  - Notched Prisms
    - Notched Prism Flares
- Alternate Prisms
- Ferns and Feathers
Miter Wheel: Two Intersecting Sets of Parallel Miter Cuts
- Cross-hatched Field
- Strawberry Diamonds (Fine Diamonds)
  - English Strawberry Diamonds
- Sharp Diamonds (Raised Diamonds, Nail-head Diamonds, Relief Diamonds)
- Cross-cut Diamonds
  - Double Cross-cut Diamonds
- Checkered Diamonds
- Large Shallow Diamonds
- Open Diamonds (Open Block), Table Diamonds
  - Starred Diamonds (Starred Block)
Miter Wheel: Three Intersecting Sets of Parallel Miter Cuts
- Hobnails
  - Triple-mitered Hobnails
- Pyramidal Triangles
Miter Wheel: Four Intersecting Sets of Parallel Miter Cuts
- Quarter Diamonds
- Cane
  - Single-mitered Cane (Alternate Block Diamond)
  - Double-mitered Cane (Chair Bottom, "Alternate Panels")
  - Triple-mitered Cane
- Harvard
- Burgess I
- Burgess III
- MacDonald/Burgess III (includes the Burgess III option)
Miter Wheel: Five Intersecting Sets of Parallel Miter Cuts
- Burgess I option
- Burgess II
Miter Wheel: Six Intersecting Sets of Parallel Miter Cuts
- Hexad
- Kohinoor
- Moscow
- Russian
  - Russian (Russian Canterbury)
  - Russian Cleveland (Star and Hobnail)
  - Russian Ambassador
  - Russian-Persian
- Persian
Miter Wheel: Eight Intersecting Sets of Parallel Miter Cuts
- Unknown motif/pattern: Wiener and Lipkowitz 1975, p. 161
- Joseph B. Hill's design patent no. 18,697 of 23 Oct 1888

Updated 30 Jun 2004