Jacobite Sympathy 18th Century Facet Cut Stem Wine Glass c1780

Description

Heading : An engraved 18th century engraved wine glass
Period : George III
Date : c1780
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : A round funnel bowl engraved with roses. lilly of the valley and moth in flight 
Stem : Hexagonal facet cuts
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 12.8cm tall with a 4.9cm bowl and a 6.2cm foot   
Condition : Fine
Restoration : None
Weight : 124 grams

We have always “underplayed” such glasses by describing them as “Jacobite sympathy” . We have recently been given a copy of “History in Glass. A coronation exhibition of royal. historical.. political and social glasses commemorating eighteenth and nineteeth century events. ”  Arthur Churchill May 28th 1937.  For those lucky enough to possess a copy of a book with the longest title imaginable please take a look at plate 14 glass 63. The same engraving is simply described as “Jacobite”. despite the fact that the cause was a forlorn hope by the date of manufacture. There are two competing theories on such single bud glasses. aligned to the two theories on the rose and two bud variants.

References :

Eighteenth Century English drinking glasses an Illustrated Guide. By L.M Bickerton – Page 243 Plate 748.