SOLD – Ogee Bowl Wine Glass with Jay c1745

Description

An excellent Georgian plain stem wine glass of Jacobite Sympathy which dates to c1745

This ogee bowl wine glass with a plain stem and conical folded foot is in superb condition. It stands 5 1/2 inches tall with a 1 7/8thd bowl and a 2 5/8ths inch foot. English lead. no chips cracks or restoration.

Engraved with a Jaybird in flight a symbol of the usurpation of Stuarts. In Aesop’s fables a jay dresses himself in peacock’s feathers. but the peacocks on finding the imposter pluck away his feathers and the Jay returns to from whence he came. The other Jays remind him that “it is not only fine feathers that make a fine bird”. Lily of the valley is another well-known Jacobite symbol. There is also a daffodil another established symbol of hope and a returning “spring” as every student of Wordsworth will confirm. one which the highly regarded E.Barrington Haynes said  ” …must be regarded as an emblem of mourning. comparable to the Forget-me-not”.  Mr Haynes overlooks the pride every Welshman has in wearing the same “Peter’s leek” on St David’s day and the use of the daffodill in early European cultures as a symbol of hope. the resurrection and the new year from early Christian times.

References :

The Arthur Negus Guide To British Glass By John Brooks – Page 35 Plate 17.