This is a scarce Georgian, English multi spiral air twist wine glass of Jacobite significance dating from the middle of the 18th century, c1750.
The glass is in excellent condition for its age. It shows age related wear and tear to the rim of the foot commensurate with some 250 years of use. It has a rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot.
The glass has a rounded funnel-shaped bowl measuring 5.6 cm (2.2 inches) in diameter at the rim. The bowl is engraved with Jacobite symbols of an open six-petal rose symbolising James Stuart, the Old Pretender, open and a rose bud symbolising Bonny Prince Charlie. The bowl sits on a multi spiral air twist stem with a shoulder knop and a conical foot which measures 6.5 cm (2.6 inches) in diameter. The glass is 15.3 cm (6.1 inches) in height. There are no chips, cracks, significant scratches or any obvious evidence of restoration. There is a manufacturing flaw at the foot edge where the foot has been sheared off leaving a small fold in the glass.
Lead glass weighing in at 120 g. (~ 4 oz.).
Quote item: 8507
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