A WILLIAMITE WINE-GLASS of drawn-trumpet shape, the bowl engraved with an equestrian figure, the reverse inscribed BOYNE JULY 1st 1690 within berried foliage and inscribed below the rim THE GLORIOUS IMMORTAL MEMORY OF KING WILLIAM III, the stem with a tear, on a conical foot, circa 1800
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A WILLIAMITE WINE-GLASS of drawn-trumpet shape, the bowl engraved with an equestrian figure, the reverse inscribed BOYNE JULY 1st 1690 within berried foliage and inscribed below the rim THE GLORIOUS IMMORTAL MEMORY OF KING WILLIAM III, the stem with a tear, on a conical foot, circa 1800
16cm. high
Lot Essay
Cf. Wilfred A. Seaby, Irish Williamite Glass, pl. I (c)