A Jacobite Sympathy Balustroid Wine Glass c1740

Description

Heading : A Jacobite Sympathy Balustroid Wine Glass c1740
Period : George II. c 1740
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Ogee with engraved jay in flight and a rose in full bloom
Stem : Plain stem with a medial swollen knop
Foot : Folded
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  14.4cm height.  4.9cm diameter bowl. 6.6cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks; very minimal bubbles and manufacturing inclusions to the bowl; a single bubble to the foot and the slightest of smooth indentations to the rim
Restoration : None 

Weight:  110grams  

The jay is a direct reference to Aesops fable of jay and the peacock and a metaphor for the usurpation