Technical Description
A rare Hanoverian Williamite Anti Jacobite wine glass dating to c1750.
It has a drawn trumpet bowl engraved with the word LIBERTY above a horse. With the death of Queen Ann in 1714, the British throne passed to George of Hanover (George I). His heraldry in Hanover, included a white horse on a red background, known in German as the ‘Sachsenross’ and in English as ‘the White Horse of Hanover.’ On the reverse we have a Jacobite Rose with a single bud and a budless thorny stem.
The glass signifies that the Jacobite cause had had its head cut off and that England had been liberated by the Hanoverian king.
Sits on a plain teared stem above a conical foot.
Date & Origin
England, c1750. Period of George II.
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown, no chips cracks or restoration.
Dimensions
Height: 18.2cm
Rim diameter: 8.4cm
Foot diameter: 8.8cm.
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Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1085571
Dateline of this antique is Georgian
Height is 18.2cm (7.2inches)
Width is 8.8cm (3.5inches)
Depth is 8.8cm (3.5inches)
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