A heat curable silicone hardcoat composition comprising: (a) an aqueous/organic solvent silicone dispersion containing colloidal silica and a partial condensate of at least one organoalkoxysilane said dispersion possessing a T 3:T 2 ratio from 0,4 to 1,3; and (b) at least one monofunctional silylating agent having the general formula: (R 1) 3 Si wherein, each occurrence of R 1 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; and, X is a halogen; an alkoxy (-OR 2), wherein R 2 is a monovalent hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; a hydroxy (-OH); a carboxylate (-OC(=O)R 3), wherein R 3 is a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; a sulfonate (-OSO 2 R 4), wherein R 4 is a monovalent hydrocarbyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; an acetamido (-NR 5 C(=O)R 6), wherein R 5 and R 6 are a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; an amino (-NR 7 2), wherein R 7 is a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; or a silazane (-NR 8 SiR 1 3), wherein each occurrence of R 1 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine, and R 8 is a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine. (a) an aqueous/organic solvent silicone dispersion containing colloidal silica and a partial condensate of at least one organoalkoxysilane said dispersion possessing a T 3:T 2 ratio from 0,4 to 1,3; and (b) at least one monofunctional silylating agent having the general formula: (R 1) 3 Si wherein, each occurrence of R 1 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; and, X is a halogen; an alkoxy (-OR 2), wherein R 2 is a monovalent hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; a hydroxy (-OH); a carboxylate (-OC(=O)R 3), wherein R 3 is a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; a sulfonate (-OSO 2 R 4), wherein R 4 is a monovalent hydrocarbyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; an acetamido (-NR 5 C(=O)R 6), wherein R 5 and R 6 are a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; an amino (-NR 7 2), wherein R 7 is a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine; or a silazane (-NR 8 SiR 1 3), wherein each occurrence of R 1 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine, and R 8 is a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally includes at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and fluorine.