SOLD – Jacobite Engraved Air Twist Wine Glass 1750

Description

An exceptionally rare Georgian Jacobite engraved air twist wine glass c1750. The round funnel bowl has been engraved with the Jacobite rose.  an open bud. a closed bud. four leaves. ‘Redeat’. an oak leaf and a “kissing” star. Sits on a double knopped multi spiral air twist stem above a conical foot with snapped pontil.

English lead. no chips cracks or restoration. it measures 6 ¾ inches tall with a 2 13/16 inch bowl and 2 15/16 inch foot.

References :           

The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses By Geoffrey B. Seddon – Page 166 Plate 122.

Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence By Grant R. Francis F.S.A – Plate 356.

English. Scottish & Irish Table Glass By G. Bernard Hughes – Page 239 Figure 195 and Page 258 Figure 199.