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a jacobite airtwist wine glass
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a jacobite airtwist wine glass

CIRCA 1750, THE GLASS ENGLAND

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a jacobite airtwist wine glass
Circa 1750, the glass England
The bell bowl engraved with a rose and two buds, four leaves, the reverse with a sunburst motif, the balustroid stem filled with spiral threads above a conical foot
17cm high
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Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

拍品專文

Of Jacobite significance: openly or secretly supporting the Stuart cause, is glass decorated with a rose shown fully opened and with one or two buds. The modern theory is that the open rose symbolises the throne of England and the buds represent its claimants

See illustration