Georgian Rummer Glass Engraved with Speed the Plough c1800

Description

Heading : Georgian rummer engraved with Speed the Plough c1800
Period : George III
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Round funnel bowl – engraved with a crest with Speed the Plough motto, agricultural tools set within a shield. Monogram JFF setb between ears of barley in saltire
Stem : Capstan
Foot : Lemon squeezer
Pontil : Moulded
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 13.7cm height, 9.2cm diameter bowl, 6x6cm base
Condition : Excellent, other than the expected two small chips to the square foot.
Restoration : None
Weight: 271 grams

These crests are generically termed ‘Farmer’s Arms’ although we have not found an exact match for this engraving it is a relatively common theme on both glass and porcelian from the 18th and 19th centuries.

God Speed The Plough is a relatively common inscription of creamware and stoneware. We have also seen this on both Lowestoft and Liverpool porcelain all dating from a similar period. Quite why this phrase should proliferate on domestic wares from the late 18th and early 19th century is unknown to us. The phrase dates back to the 14th century and appears in Chaucer’s the Monks Tale.