Jim Peake
Head of Department
Lot 583
Two engraved facet stem wine glasses of possible Jacobite interest, circa 1775-80
1 – 16 April 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond StreetSold for £768 inc. premium
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Two engraved facet stem wine glasses of possible Jacobite interest, circa 1775-80
One with an ogee bowl engraved with the crest of the Urquhart family, a dexter hand holding a dagger in pale proper, within the motto 'MEAN SPEAK AND DO WELL', the reverse with the initials 'A*U' flanked by tied palm fronds, an 'OXO' border to the rim, on a diamond-faceted stem and conical foot, 14.8cm high, the other with a slightly flared round funnel bowl decorated with a stylised floral spray, perhaps a carnation, on a tall diamond-faceted stem and heavy faceted conical foot, 15.5cm high (2)
Footnotes
Provenance
With Delomosne and Son, July 2015 (tallest)
With Marris Antiques, November 2019 (shortest)
Graham Slater Collection
The crest and initials probably relate to Adam 'The Chevalier' Urquhart of Byth (1721-1803), who married his cousin Elizabeth Urquhart in 1778 and was for some years a member of Bonnie Prince Charlie's court-in-exile in Rome.