A Single Bud Jacobite Sympathy Glass c1780

Description

Heading : An engraved Jacobite sympathy wine glass
Period : George III
Date : c1780 *
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Rounf funnel angraved with a rise with polished petals. a single rose bud and a jay in flight
Stem : Double series opaque twist. a pair of corkscrew tapes outside a pair of corkscrew threads
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type :
Size :   15cm tall. 5.5cm bowl. 7.3cm foot
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None
Weight : 126gms

When this glass was engraved all hope for the Jacobite cause was gone. Charles Edward Stuart. the Bonnie Prince had become a wife beating drunk in Rome and had even converted to Protestantism in a forlorn attempt to gain acceptance. A loyal few held onto the dream as they do today. The latest heir to the Jacobite claim is currently living quietly in London !

* The standard date given for all opaque twist glasses is c1760. Opaque twist glasses were made for an extended period . 1760 is simply the standard median. The engraving on this glass is not mid 18th century . it is late 18th century. similar to that on many facet cut wines with a similar theme. hence the suggetsed date.