Jacobite Air Twist Wine Glass

Jacobite Air Twist Wine Glass

C 1740/50

Item Ref: 731

A superbly engraved Jacobite wine glass , having a bell bowl finely engraved with a six petalled rose, closed bud, thistle , star and the motto Redeat, "May He Return", over a multi spiral air twist stem, all on a folded conical foot.

Height 6 3/8th ins 16.2 cm

Provenance, Ex Una Fraser Collection, Victoria , Australia.

Una Fraser 1902-1998 was the mother of John Malcolm Fraser 1930-2015 who was the 22 prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983.

Her obituary states "Her glass collection of the "Anglo- Irish " Golden Age " was superior to most public repositories and she was a scholar as well as a collector.

A very fine example in perfect original condition.