Heading : A Facet Cut Stem Wine Glass c1790
Period : George III
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Ogee, slice and scallop cut with polished lenses. Good pucella marks
Stem : Facet cut  
Foot : Conical 
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  14.2cm height, 4.7cm diameter bowl, 6.8cm diameter base.
Condition : Excellent, no chips or cracks 
Restoration : None 
Weight: 115 grams 

The cutting on the stem is one of many types that when viewed from above through the bowl creates an image of a six petal rose. We are extremely sceptical  if not scathing about the Jacobite claims made for such glasses. Our resident mathematician will tell you that like a keleidoscope there are hundreds of cutting and moulding combinations that will achieve a rose like image of five, six or seven petals with just three layers of cutting and moulding.

This remains an elegant and early example of the genre