A Jacobite airtwist wine-glass Circa 1750
The pan-topped bowl engraved with a border of flowers including a half-opened rose and two buds, honeysuckle and a carnation spray, the stem with a swelling waist knop and filled with spiral threads, on a conical foot (minute chip to underside of footrim)
6 in. (16 cm.) high
Lot Essay
For the type see Geoffrey B. Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses(1995), p. 126, col. pl. 33.