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Lot 36
A dwarf ale glass and four other glasses, c.1740-80, the ale engraved with hops and barley over a short balustroid stem, a drawn trumpet glass engraved with flowers over a plain stem and firing foot, a Continental wine glass engraved with hearts in an elaborate panel over a spiral moulded stem, a small wine with drawn trumpet bowl on a plain stem and folded foot, and a dram glass with bell bowl over a cushion knop and helmet foot, 12.8cm max. (5)
Lot 433
An Italian porcelain figure group, late 18th century, probably Nove di Bassano, of a couple promenading, she carrying a basket of flowers, and a porcelain figure of a boy, possibly emblematic of Summer, reclining against sheaves of corn and holding out a cup of wine, blue G or Omega mark, restorations to the Nove, 16cm max. (2)
Lot 53
Two wine glasses of Jacobite significance, mid 18th century, the larger with a round funnel bowl engraved with a butterfly beside a rose and bud spray, over an opaque gauze twist stem, the smaller engraved with a rose and bud spray, a star and an oak leaf, over a dense airtwist stem, small chips to both, 17.7cm max. (2)Provenance: a private London collection. The latter glass acquired from Joan Wilkins.
Lot 54
Four small wine glasses, c.1750-60, one with an ogee bowl with everted rim engraved with a band of grapevine, raised on a knopped opaque twist stem, a round funnel bowl and an ogee bowl engraved with a stylized floral band, and a rounded bowl moulded with lappets and engraved with trellis panels, all over multi-series opaque twist stems, small footrim nibbles, 14.8cm max. (4)
Lot 56
Five wine glasses, mid 18th century, one with a rare oval bucket bowl engraved with grapevine, another with a bucket bowl engraved with flowers, another with a moulded ogee bowl engraved with a bird and flower spray, all on plain stems above folded feet, another with an engraved ogee bowl including lily of the valley over an airtwist stem, the last with a bird and flowers over a faceted stem, 15.4cm max. (5)
Lot 57
Five wine glasses, c.1750-70, with ogee bowls, one of possible Jacobite significance engraved with a narcissus and a bird, one with an insect and flower spray, the others with flower bands or formal trellis borders, all raised on multi-series opaque twist stems over conical feet, a chip to the foot of the narcissus glass, 15cm max. (5)
Lot 60
A rare armorial wine glass of possible Jacobite significance, c.1760, the slight ogee bowl engraved with a quartered shield and crest above the motto 'Pro Rege et Patria', flanked by flower stems, raised on a dense airtwist stem above a conical foot, 17.5cm.The crest and motto relate to the Scottish family of Bell.
Lot 63
A rare Hanoverian wine glass, c.1760, the round funnel bowl engraved with the white horse of Hanover galloping beneath a banner inscribed 'LIBERTY', the reverse with a rose and bud growing from a line of grass, raised on a double-knopped airtwist stem above a conical foot, 16.3cm.Cf. Geoffrey B. Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses, p.183.
Lot 73
A pair of armorial balustroid wine glasses, c.1750, the bell shaped bowls with a fine band of diamond point engraving including a shield possibly for the English branch of the Kelly family, one including a possible crest of a squirrel sejant and eating a nut, the other with a basket of fruit, on a continuous band of flowers, raised on plain stems with central ball knops above lower flattened knops, over domed feet, the feet chipped, 18.2cm. (2)
Lot 75
Three balustroid wine glasses, c.1730-40, the largest with a bell bowl engraved with a trellis border, with a cushion knop over an inverted baluster, the smallest with a bell bowl over a similar stem, the last with a round funnel bowl over a plain stem with shoulder and central knops, all over folded conical feet, 15.5cm max. (3)
Lot 76
Three small wine glasses, 18th and 19th centuries, one with a round funnel bowl gilded with flowers, another with an ogee bowl engraved with a chinoiserie landscape over stipple moulding, the last with a small round funnel bowl engraved with grapevine, over multi-series opaque twist stems, 15.2cm max. (3)
Lot 78
Three wine glasses, c.1750-60, the largest with a bell bowl over a double-knopped multi-series opaque twist stem, the next with a large round funnel bowl over an opaque twist stem with central knop, the last with an ogee bowl over a knopped stem enclosing an opaque gauze, a chip to the foot of the last, 16.8cm max. (3)
Lot 93
Four small wine glasses, c.1740-70, one with a round funnel bowl engraved with fruiting grapevine over a double-knopped airtwist stem, another engraved with grapevine over a plain stem and folded foot, one with an ogee bowl engraved with a bird and sunflower over a plain stem and folded foot, the last with a round bowl engraved with an ovolu band over a facet cut stem, small footrim chips to the first glass, 15.5cm max. (4)
Lot 94
A Continental wine glass, the glass c.1760, later engraved to commemorate the hot air balloon flight of James Sadler, the flared bowl with diamond point engraving of a hot air balloon in flight with two figures in the basket, the reverse inscribed 'The Balloon of Mr Sadler Aeronaut', on a plain stem above a conical foot, 17.5cm. Together with a 1785 print of James Sadler and Stuart Amos Arnold from New London Magazine. (2)James Sadler (1753-1828) was the first English balloonist, following a career as a pastry chef and a chemist. He made his first ascent on 4th October 1784 from Christ Church Meadow in Oxford. The depiction on the glass copies a print of his ascent from Hackney in August 1811.
Lot 96
A rare 'Privateer' wine glass, dated 1757, the bucket bowl engraved with a three-masted ship beneath the inscription 'Success to the EAGLE FRIGATE Privateer', the reverse with a spoiled anchor beneath the inscription 'Benjamin Huntly 1757', raised on a double series opaque twist stem over a conical foot, a large chip to the rim, 15.5cm.The Eagle was a Bristol-based privateer that was purpose-built as such and took to the seas in 1756 under the command of Captain John Knill. Similar glasses are recorded bearing Knill's name. No record survives of any reference to a Benjamin Huntly connected to the Eagle, but a Captain Benjamin Huntley of the Friendship is recorded as prosecutor in a trial at the Old Bailey in 1794.
Lot 97
A rare 'Privateer' wine glass, c.1760-70, the bucket bowl engraved with a brig at sail, inscribed above with 'Success to the Hornet Privateer', raised on a double series opaque twist stem over a conical foot, 15.3cm.The National Archives record letters of marque in August 1758 for a ship called The Hornet, owned by Richard Earnshaw and the Company of London; and also in October of the same year owned by the Company of Bristol. However, another privateer of the same name is recorded in 1777, operating out of Liverpool.
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