The Perry of Mambeg 'Amen' glass: a highly important engraved Jacobite wine glass, circa 1747The drawn trumpet bowl inscribed in diamond-point with the cipher monogram 'JR' and the number '8' beneath a crown, flanked by the first three verses from the Jacobite version of the national anthem in script and inscribed 'Amen' within a scrollwork border below, an elaborate calligraphic scrollwork border to the rim, raised on a plain stem containing an elongated tear, over a conical foot, 15.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBy repute owned by General StuartBy repute thence by descent to his cousin, Mr Ferrier, a Writer to the Signet in EdinburghBy repute thence by descent to his wife, Mrs Ferrier, née Miss Gordon (or Gardon) of Croy, KillearnBy repute presented by her to Sir Robert PerryThence by descent to his son Dr Robert PerryThence by descent to his wife May Perry of The Lodge, Mambeg, Garelochhead, Sotheby's 27 June 1924, lot 36, where bought by Arthur ChurchillGeorge Henderson Collection, Knight, Frank and Rutley, 2 October 1952, lot 60J D Fox Collection, Sotheby's, 16 October 1972, lot 194With Cecil Davis LtdSotheby's, 10 February 1986, lot 22With Asprey, 1986Durrington CollectionLiteratureRees Price, 'Notes on Jacobite Drinking glasses', Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Vol.5, No.2 (1906), pp.24-5 and pl.1, fig.2Percy Bate, English Table Glass (1913), p.99, pl.LII, no.200John Shuckburgh Risley, 'Jacobite Wine Glasses: Some Rare Examples', The Burlington Magazine XXXVI (June 1920), p.281R J Charleston and Geoffrey Seddon, ''Amen' Glasses', The Glass Circle Journal, No.5 (1986), p.9Geoffrey B Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses (1995), p.189, pl.137e and pp.218-9, no.29, pl.155Peter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.17ExhibitedGlasgow Archaeological Society, 17 November 1905The Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry, Glasgow, 'Palace of History', 1911, catalogue p.739, cases 25 and 26, no.1Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, 1990sBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.2The two verses on the bowl read:God Save The King I pray/ God Bliss The King I prayGod Save/ The KingSend him Victori=ous/ Happy and GloriousSoon to Reign/ Over Us,God Save/ The King.God Bliss the Prince of WalesThe True born Prince of WalesSent us by Thee:Grant us one favour moreThe King for to RestoreAs Thou hast done beforeThe Familie.Together with Lot 25 in this sale, the Perry of Mambeg 'Amen' glass belongs to a celebrated group of thirty-seven Jacobite 'Amen' glasses dating to the mid-18th century. All are inscribed in diamond-point with the monogram 'JR' interwoven with the number '8' for James VIII, known as the 'Old Pretender', who was considered by many to be the legitimate King of Scotland. All are inscribed with one or more verses from the Jacobite version of the national anthem 'God Save the King', promoting the good health and restoration of King James VIII and Prince Charles, and occasionally Prince Henry, Cardinal Duke of York. Most of these inscriptions end with the word 'Amen'. Five of the glasses bear dates between 1743 and 1749, the earliest of which is recorded on the so-called Steuart 'Amen' glass, see Seddon (1995), pp.220-2, no.32. The present lot is one of twenty-four 'Amen' glasses with plain drawn stems, most of which contain a large elongated tear, see Seddon (1995), pp.185-229.All are considered to be the work of a single engraver generally thought to have been working in Scotland who engraved glasses available to him over a relatively short period of time in the 1740s, probably between 1743 and 1750. In recent years Ian McKenzie has provided compelling circumstantial evidence to suggest that the 'Amen' glasses may be the work of the renowned Scottish artist and line-engraver, Sir Robert Strange (1721-1792), see Geoffrey B Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses (2015), pp.188-92. In around 1743-44, around the time that the first 'Amen' glasses were engraved, Strange first met his future wife Isabella Lumisden who, together with her brother Andrew, was a dedicated Jacobite supporter. As a condition of their betrothal, she stipulated that Strange should join the Prince's Army to support the 'cause'. Strange, who was also a dedicated Jacobite supporter, subsequently joined the Life Guards and served in the army throughout the rebellion before going into hiding after the Battle of Culloden, eventually marrying Isabella in 1747.Seddon notes that the engraving on four of the known 'Amen' glasses is of relatively poor quality compared to the others; this includes the Steuart 'Amen' glass with the early date 1743. He notes a further six glasses with slightly better engraving, including the present lot and the so-called Dunvegan 'Amen' glass which bears the date 1747, all of which are thought to have been engraved around this date. He suggests that in the years between 1743 and 1747 there is likely to have been a period of two or more years when no 'Amen' glasses were produced, coinciding with Strange's service in the Prince's Army and his subsequent period in hiding. The majority of the remaining extant 'Amen' glasses have engraving considered by Seddon to be of much better quality and are therefore thought to have been engraved in or after 1747, after which Strange had emerged from hiding and married his wife.The present glass obtains its name from its ownership by the Perry family, who were a distinguished family in the city of Glasgow. Sir Robert Perry (1783-1848) was a prominent physician who was President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1843 until 1845. His son, Dr Robert Perry (1826-1918), married May Perry, née Jane Mary Robertina Sim (1851-1931), in 1872. They lived all of their married lives in a large house at 11 Queen's Terrace (later 67 West Princes Street), close to the Arlington Baths Club with which they were connected. May's mother Jane lived at The Lodge at Rosneath (near Mambeg) on the Gare Loch until her death in 1906, and the house is mentioned in Robert's will in 1918 as having been part of his estate. May was still living at their home in Glasgow after her husband's death, but moved to Swanage in Dorset shortly afterwards and it is likely that the present lot was sold at Sotheby's at around the time she moved.It is not possible to be certain of the identity of the Mr Ferrier from whom the glass reputedly descended, but several members of the Society of Writers to the Signet by the name of Ferrier are recorded in A History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet (1890), all of whom were related. James Ferrier (1744-1829) became a Writer in 1770 and his sons Archibald, John and Walter followed him as Writers. Archibald Campbell Ferrier (1773-1814) became a Writer in 1796 and married Catherine 'Kate' Garden in 1800 in Greenock, who was the daughter of Francis Garden, a merchant in Greenock. Although she was not from Croy, they seem to be the only feasible candidates for Mr and Mrs Ferrier (née Gordon or Gardon) at this time.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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