Victorian Jacobite Engraved Wine Glass c1890

Description

Heading : A jacobite engraved wine glass
Period : Victoria c1890
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Lipped round funnel. Decorated with a rose and two closed buds. oak leaf. star and FIAT
Stem : Septagonal slice cut
Foot : Low conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  13.1cm height.  7.8cm diameter bowl. 7.5cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks 
Restoration : None 
Weight:  180 grams 

Charles Edward Stuart was so desperate was he to regain the crown that he even changed his faith. His final chance came in 1759 during the seven years war when the French were planning an invasion. Charles was so singularly unimpressive that the hope that an may be raised under the Jacobite cause was dismissed by the French as idle fancy.

The Pretender died in 1788 and one hundred years later his passing was commemorated. This may well be a commemorative item.