Antique 18th Century Jacobite Sympathy Plain Stem Wine Glass c1740

£140.00 $176.55 Product Code: 2021101008

Technical Description 

An 18th century plain stem wine glass. An ogee bowl engraved with a wild rose with leaves/buds on either side and a Jaybird on the reserve. Plain stem above conical folded foot.

An excellent example of an early plain stem wine of Jacobite Significance. The Jay is purported to be a symbol of the usurpation of the Stuart Kings, the wild rose referring to fertility being restored again and the white rose of the Stuarts. The white rose was also worn to celebrate the ‘Old Pretenders’ birthday (James Francis Edward Stuart, son of James II of England)

Date & Origin 

England, c1740. Period of George II.

Condition

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

Dimensions 

Height: 14.8cm Rim diameter: 5cm, Foot diameter: 7.1cm.

 

 

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