Glass
Category
Ceramics
Date
1740
Materials
Lead crystal glass
Measurements
14.4 cm (h)
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Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 1429752.6
Summary
A group of four Jacobite drinking glasses and a decanter; (i-iv) Four wine glasses with drawn, multiple cane air twist stems and trumpet bowls engraved with emblematic roses, six inner and six outer petals, a bud and thorned stems, above 'Fiat'. (v) A decanter without stopper, engraved with a rose with seven outer, seven inner and seven intermediate petals, an open and a closed bud and thorny stems, a compass pointing to a star burst and above 'Fiat'. (vi-ix) Stoppers - unclear as to whether they are from the same set as the glasses and decanter.
Provenance
Assumed purchased by Henry Jones. Sold Sotheby's... Bt. Howard Philips, from whom acquired by the National Trust in 1992 (£...) Attributed by Seddon to 'Engraver A' [see C/26]
Marks and inscriptions
engraved 'A'