A JACOBITE PORTRAIT AIRTWIST WINE-GLASS, the funnel bowl engraved with a profile bust portrait of Prince Charles Edward within a foliage cartouche flanked by rose and thistle-sprays, the reverse with a sun, the stem filled with spiral threads above a conical foot (chip to footrim), circa 1750 | Christie's

Sale 4660

Glass & Paperweights

London

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26 November 1991

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Lot 85

A JACOBITE PORTRAIT AIRTWIST WINE-GLASS, the funnel bowl engraved with a profile bust portrait of Prince Charles Edward within a foliage cartouche flanked by rose and thistle-sprays, the reverse with a sun, the stem filled with spiral threads above a conical foot (chip to footrim), circa 1750

Price realised

GBP 2,640

Estimate

GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800

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A JACOBITE PORTRAIT AIRTWIST WINE-GLASS, the funnel bowl engraved with a profile bust portrait of Prince Charles Edward within a foliage cartouche flanked by rose and thistle-sprays, the reverse with a sun, the stem filled with spiral threads above a conical foot (chip to footrim), circa 1750
16cm. high
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Lot Essay

Other portrait glasses were sold in these Rooms on 30 May 1979, lot 125, 4 June 1985, lot 126 and 4 June 1991, lot 78
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