SOLD – Jacobite Sympathy Facet Cut Wine Glass c1770

Description

Heading : Facet Cut Wine Glass
Date : c1770
Period :  George II
Origin : English
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Round Funnel
Bowl Features : Jacobite Rose. leaves and moth with polished and diamond point detailing
Stem : Facet Cut  
Stem Features : Scale Facet cutting     
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 5 ¾ inches tall with a 2 ¼ inch bowl and 2 7/8 inch foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight : 150 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.