Dutch glass from the 1760s - Jacobite glass

Height 12.3 cm.

Beautiful mouth-blown glass from the 1760s with a twisted red and white stem and fine engravings.

The glass is engraved with a mocking jay, which after the "Rising of 1745" became a symbol of the Jacobite claim to the English throne and loyalty to it. It is also cut with grapes and vine leaves.

In 1688, the English king, James II, was deposed by a revolution and replaced by his daughter Mary II. This led to a movement to reinstate James II or his family on the English throne, known as the House of Stuart.

This resulted in, among other things, the "Rising of 1745", which was part of the War of the Austrian Succession. The claim to the throne was finally abandoned at the "Battle of Culloden" in 1746, where James II's grandson Charles Edward Stuart suffered a major defeat at the hands of the English army.

The glass is in good condition, but the base has been slightly sanded.