Lot 144
144
THREE JACOBITE ENGRAVED AIR-TWIST WINE-GLASSES
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THREE JACOBITE ENGRAVED AIR-TWIST WINE-GLASSES

CIRCA 1750

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THREE JACOBITE ENGRAVED AIR-TWIST WINE-GLASSES
CIRCA 1750
The first with a bucket bowl engraved with a rose and bud, the second with round funnel bowl similarly engraved, the third with a bell bowl engraved with a fully blown rose and an opening bud, an oak leaf and the inscription Fiat, each supported on a double knopped stem filled with spiral threads on a conical foot
The tallest 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) high (3)
Provenance
With Asprey, London.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

The white rose symbolises the Old Pretender, King James the II, the bud represents Prince Charles (Bonnie Prince Charlie), and the oak leaf is in reference to Charles II's escape from the Roundheads after the battle of Worcester, by taking refuge in an oak tree.

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