A RARE PAIR OF JACOBITE SYLLABUB GLASSES
18TH CENTURY
£2,520
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 17 August 2022 at 11:00 BST
Description
the deeply tapered bowl with faceted lower section, the upper rim finely engraved with rose head and closed bud, oak leaf, open rose bud, star and FIAT, raised on a knopped stem and plain circular foot
Dimensions
11.2cm high, diameter of rim 6.2cm
Footnote
Literature: For glass apparently from the same original set as this pair see Scottish Works of Art & Whisky, Lyon & Turnbull 12th August 2020 lot 357.
Note: While firing and wine glasses are commonly recorded, these syllabub glasses are a highly unusual form of Jacobite drinking wares.