Engraved Air Twist Wine Glass
C 1750/55
Engraved Air Twist Wine Glass
C 1750/55
Item Ref: 846
A beautifully engraved two piece air twist wine glass , having a trumpet bowl with a finely engraved lily and a superb moth/butterfly to the reverse, over a doubled knopped multi spiral air twist stem and all on a plain conical foot.
Height 6 1/2 ins 16.5 cm
With Lilies representing new beginnings and moths and butterflies representing rebirth or return of the soul the engraving could infer Jacobite sentiment , or it's just a finely engraved uncommon form of air twist.
A lovely glass in perfect original condition.