Lot Essay
These anti-Jacobite glasses show William of Orange crossing the river Boyne. They were made for use in Orange Lodges, where William's health is still drunk to with great enthusiasm.
PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
Details
A pair of Irish-engraved Williamite commemorative goblets
Probably 18th century
The trumpet bowl engraved with William of Orange on horseback underneath a banderole inscribed: The glorious memory of King William, to the back Boyne 1st July 1690, on a plain balustroid stem, the foot conical
16.5cm high (2)
Probably 18th century
The trumpet bowl engraved with William of Orange on horseback underneath a banderole inscribed: The glorious memory of King William, to the back Boyne 1st July 1690, on a plain balustroid stem, the foot conical
16.5cm high (2)
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