Description
Heading : A Jacobite engraved Georgian wine glass c1760
Period : George II / George III – c1760
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Round funnel engraved with Jacobite rose. one opening and one closed bud with a moth.
Stem : Double series opaque twist with medial swelling knop
Stem Features : Central swelling knop. A pair of spiral tapes outwith a pair of corkscrew threads
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 15.1cm height. 5.6cm diameter bowl. 6.8cm diameter foot.
Condition : A small black inclusion within the stem. Small particles of clinker within the bowl. There is a fleabite chip on the underside of the footrim in the wear line. this is difficult to observe.
Restoration : None
Weight: 164 grams
Most probably engraver C according to Seddon
References :
The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses By Geoffrey B. Seddon – Page 79 Plate 25 & Page 86 Plates 16 & 17.
English. Scottish & Irish Table Glass By G. Bernard Hughes – Page 240 Figure 197.
The History of Glass By Dan Klein and Ward Lloyd – Page 131.
The Turnbull Collection of English 18th Century Drinking Glasses By Martine S. Newby – Page 31.
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