18th Century Butterfly Engraved Plain Stem Wine Glass c1740

£160.00 $199.54 Product Code: 2020090102

Date & Origin 

England, 1740

Condition

Excellent, age-related wear as shown, no chips cracks or restoration

Dimensions 

Height: 14.1cm Bowl : 5cm Foot diameter: 6.3cm.

Technical Description 

An 18th century plain stem wine glass. It has a round funnel bowl engraved with fruiting vine an exquisite butterfly. Plain stem above a conical folded foot.

The butterfly has Jacobite significance signifying reemergence and rebirth.

Historical Relevance 

Hand-blown around the time the astronomer Anders Celsius introduced the Centigrade temperature scale.

 

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