A Jacobite Sympathy Facet Cut Stem Wine Glass c1780

Description

Heading : A Jacobite Sympathy Facet Cut Stem Wine Glass
Period : George III
Origin : England
Colour : Clear. light grey tone
Bowl : Round funnel. Engraved and polished rose and closed bud dexter with a bird in flight verso
Stem : Hexagonal facets
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Polished
Glass Type : Lead
Size :  Height 12.2cm. bowl 5.0 and foot 6.7
Condition : Excellent.
Restoration : None
Weight: 141g

The rose is very much in the manner of engraver G. The rose and single bud is also consistent with their other known glasses. The absence of an engraved  thistle makes any positive attribution to Seddon’s engraver G spurious. However. the intention behind the engraving is clear