A 'Friendly Hunt' firing glass, c.1750, the drawn trumpet bowl engraved around the rim with 'The

A 'Friendly Hunt' firing glass, c.1750, the drawn trumpet bowl engraved around the rim with 'The Friendly Hunt' and a foliate sprig, raised on a short plain stem above a thick foot, 9.5cm.

Cf. Bonhams, The Ron & Mary Thomas Collection of English Glass, 4th June 2008, lot 39 for an identical example.

The Friendly Hunt was a meet associated to a Jacobite Society in Worcestershire. Founded in 1747, the Association met annually in rotation in the neighbouring towns of Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Dudley, Kidderminster and Stourbridge.