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RARE PAIR OF GEORGE II GLASS FINGER or WATER BOWLS

Jacobite Interest

England, c1745-50

 

Rare Pair of George II Jacobite Interest Water Bowls, England, c1745-50, Carnation and Lily of the Valley

 

Each thick heavy deep round bowl of inverted ogee shape,

having wheel engraved circlets at the rim,

above sides with floral wheel engraving of "Jacobite significance" :

a carnation

a small Scottish rose, one with 5 petals, one with 6, each with two buds

a three-petal tulip, issuing a further tulip

a lily-of-the-valley spray with three blooms

(a cryptic Jacobite pictorial language, interpretations including

'Charles', 'Crown' or 'Stuart Cause'; 'The Three Stuart Heirs', 'Return of the Stuarts', & 'Return of Happines',

with reference to James III, Charles Edward Stuart, and Henry Benedict Stuart.

Another intreprtation could be with the first letters : CRLT, for Charles III.)*

 

Condition : Sharp cutting and good striation; superficial small scratches to the exterior;
slight variation in size with one bowl blown thinner than the other

 

Each 4.25" Diameter / 30.5 oz.

 

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Rare Pair of George II Jacobite Interest Water or Finger Bowls, England, c1745-50 , with Tulip Issuing Further Tulip

 

Rare Pair of George II Jacobite Interest Water or Finger Bowls, England, c1745-50 , with Scottish Rose and small tulip

 

Rare Pair of George II Jacobite Interest Water or Finger Bowls, England, c1745-50 , with Lily of the Valley and Carnation

 

Rare Pair of George II Jacobite Interest Water or Finger Bowls, England, c1745-50 , verso

 

 


 

 

* NOTES REGARDING THE FLORAL SYMBOLISM

 

Rare Pair of George II Jacobite Interest Water Bowls, England, c1745-50- Carnation

 

'Carnation' / 'Coronation' stands for the 'Jacobite Cause', and an 'Omen'.

1720 was a low point for the 'Jacobite cause'.

An unusually early blooming of carnations in the January

after Charles Edward Stuart's 1720 birth was regarded as 'a sign'.

And the tombs of both pretenders were strewn with carnations until 1898.

 

Rare Pair of George II Jacobite Interest Water or Finger Bowls, England, c1745-50 , 6-petalled Scottish Rose with two buds, or apples

 

'Roses' : Interestingly, one bowl has a 5-petaled rose (as have 4 glasses examined by Geoffrey Sedon),

its pair having a 6-petaled Scottish Rose. Each has two buds, or perhaps two "apples", as some of the

horizontally engraved floral glasses have, the apple representing an "A" in the spelling of 'CHARLES'.

In either case, they represent the Prince Charles Edward Stuart, and his brother Henry Benedict Stuart,

Duke of York and 4th heir to the Stuart throne.

The white 5-petaled rose is also the symbol for the Duke of York, possibly in dual reference to Henry.

(Henry was ordained a priest on 1 September 1748, and made no further claim to the Stuart throne).

 

Rare Pair of George II Jacobite Interest Water or Finger Bowls, England, c1745-50 , Tulip detail

 

'Tulips', as Daffodils, are among of the first flowers to bloom in the spring,

thus becoming a Jacobite symbol referring "return of spring" (return of the Stuart reign),

and the accompanying new life.

 

Rare Pair of George II Jacobite Interest Water or Finger Bowls, England, c1745-50 , lily of the valley detail

 

'Lily of the Valley' represent the 'Return to Happiness',

the three blooms in direct reference to

James III, Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) and Henry Benedict Stuart.

 

A pair of wine glasses (Drambuie Collection) having similarly styled borders,

is illustrated in The Jacobites and their Glasses, Geoffrey Seddon, (2015), pl. 33,

with the following notation :

"With a little imagination the initial letters of the flowers can sometimes be made to spell 'Charles'".

(Carnation, Honeysuckle, Apples, Rose, Sunflower)

In Jacobite symbolism, the well known six-petaled rose represented the Stuart Kings,

the carnation "a coronation", the honeysuckle "Fidelity", and the sunflower "unswerving loyalty".

 

ABOUT THE BOWLS :

 

Mid-18th century English small glass bowls, either with or without underplates, are seldom seen.

Engraved small bowls are far rarer- much less Jacobite.

It is often related that Jacobite supporters would toast their "King across the water",

passing a Jacobite-engraved wine glass over a bowl of water.

This custom is still sometimes observed at Jacobite celebrations in Scotland -

that is passing a wine glass over an adjacent small bowl of water.

Presumably these small Jacobite glass bowls served such a service, in addition to "rinsers" for fingers.

 

 

Also See :

 

 

George II 'Jacobite' Pan-Topped Airtwist Wine Glass, c1750

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