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.

Lot Essay

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

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