Jacobite Sympathy Facet Cut Stem Glass c1770

Heading : Facet Cut stem short wine or dram glass
Date : c1770
Period :  George II
Origin : English
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Round Funnel
Bowl Features : Carnation. rose leaves leaves and bee in flight with polished and diamond point detailing
Stem : Diamond Facet Cut  
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 12cm tall with a 5.2cm bowl and 7cm foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight : 140 Grams

We have always and quite rightly in my opinion “underplayed” such glasses by describing them as “Jacobite sympathy” . We have a copy of “History in Glass. subtitled  A coronation exhibition of royal. historical. political and social glasses commemorating eighteenth and nineteenth 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.