English and European Ceramics and Glass - 2nd May 2018
Lot 74
A Jacobite portrait firing glass c.1740
Estimate £2,500 - £3,000 | Hammer £3000
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Description
A Jacobite portrait firing glass c.1740, the trumpet bowl rising from a short teardrop stem and engraved with the head and shoulders of Bonnie Prince Charlie, with the motto 'Audentior Ibo', raised on a thick firing foot, 10.5cm.
Cf. Geoffrey B. Seddon, Jacobites and Their Drinking Glasses, p.90, pl.30 for a similar example.