Lot Essay
The inscription refers to either Joseph Taylor, elected for Ashburton in 1739, or Charles Taylor, elected for Totnes in 1747
Details
AN ELECTIONEERING DIAMOND-ENGRAVED PLAIN-STEMMED WINE-GLASS, the funnel bowl inscribed Our Liberty Preservd(sic.)by TAYLOR, on a plain stem and folded conical foot, 1739-47
15cm. high
15cm. high
Provenance
Sir John Shuckburgh Risley
Major Hubert Martineau
Major Hubert Martineau
Literature
The Burlington Magazine, November 1920, pl.1, no. 1