Jacobite Sympathy Engraved Glass Tumbler c1780

Description

Heading : Jacobite Sympathy Engraved Glass Tumbler
Period : George III 1760-1810
Origin : England
Colour : Clear, excellent grey tone
Bowl : Slightly tapered. Engraved with a seven petalled wild rose, rose leaves and a closed bud sinister opposite a carder bee in flight.
Foot : Thickened base
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : Height 11.5cm, diameter 8.9 at top and 7.3 at the base
Condition : Exemplary
Restoration : None
Weight: 421g

References : The sepals on the flower dictate that this is a rose rather than a carnation for which the engraved leaves would be incongruous. The seven petalled rose is an ancient symbol representing stability and natural order. The carder bee is ground dwelling, a well known metaphor for the returning soul via ‘the low road’. The closed bud adds the final element to the melodrama. We refrain from referring to this as simply ‘Jacobite’ as the cause was simply a memory when this was made rather than a just a forlorn hope or lost cause.