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Click here to subscribeA rare Jacobite wine glass c.1745-55, engraved with the motto 'Turno Tempus Erit' above a rose spray, raised on an inverted baluster airtwist stem and a folded foot, 17cm. The phrase Turno Tempus Erit is probably borrowed from Virgil, and roughly translates to mean 'The time will come'; perhaps an insinuation that the Hanoverian victory at the Battle of Culloden could be short-lived.
Five Continental wine glasses mid 18th century, with bell bowls, two raised on plain stems, one on an incised twist stem, one with a ball knop enclosing a large tear over an opaque twist stem, the other with a solid base to the bowl enclosing a row of air beads over a double series opaque twist stem, three on folded feet, 16cm max. (5)
Two wine glasses c.1740-50, one with a round funnel bowl over a plain stem enclosing a single tear over a helmet foot, the other with a drawn trumpet bowl over a plain stem with swollen knop enclosing a tear, on a folded conical foot, 17cm max. (2) The first glass with a paper label for the Paul Kettle Collection.
A rare English enamel wine funnel c.1770, painted in a bright blue with a bird perched on a fruiting grapevine, and with further sprays of flower and fruit, the gilt metal mounted circular base detachable, minor damages and restoration, 11.5cm. Cf. The Catalogue of the Schreiber Collection, Volume III, pl.13 no.292 for a similar example.
Seven small wine glasses c.1770-80, one engraved with a rose spray, another with flowerheads and a band of polished ovals, one bowl cut with vertical flutes, another faceted, all raised on facet cut stems, 14.6cm max. (7) The glass with the faceted bowl bearing a paper label for the Honeybourne Museum.
Five small wine glasses c.1730-50, a pair engraved with birds and flower sprays over plain stems, another with a sunflower type bloom, one with grapevine and a bird over a double knopped stem, the last with a flower spray on an ogee bowl over an opaque twist stem, most on folded feet, 14.5cm max. (5)
A wine glass c.1765, the ogee bowl engraved with a head and shoulders portrait of a sultan wearing a turban, flanked by foliate sprays, the reverse with fruiting grapevine, raised on a double series opaque twist stem and conical foot, 15.7cm. Provenance: The A C Hubbard Collection, Bonhams, 30th November 2011, lot 127.
Five Dutch or Bohemian wine glasses c.1750-60, a pair engraved with inscriptions over hollow baluster stems and domed folded feet, a goblet with cut and engraved bowl over a hollow knopped stem, another engraved with a basket of flowers over a pedestal stem, the last with a formal foliate band over an inverted baluster stem, all with folded feet, 20.5cm max. (5)
Six wine or ale glasses c.1760-80, a pair of flutes with vertical cut bands, a drawn trumpet over a double series opaque twist stem, another over a plain stem and folded foot, one engraved with a band of polished ovals and raised on a hollow stem, the last glass engraved with vases and roundels over a narrow cut stem, 16.2cm max. (6)
Three Dutch wine glasses 2nd half 18th century, one with a bell bowl engraved with swags and raised on a double knopped colour twist stem with red and white canes, another with a rounded funnel bowl engraved with the crowned initials 'LY' and date '1779', raised on an opaque twist stem, the last elaborately engraved with decorative panels and raised on a faceted stem, 16cm max. (3)
A privateer wine glass c.1780, the drawn trumpet bowl engraved 'J Barton / Success to the Unity', raised on a plain stem with a long teardrop above a folded conical foot, 17.8cm. More than one ship called The Unity was involved in the American Wars of Independence, and it is likely that this glass relates to one of them.
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