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Lot 159†
1 October 2003, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,553.50 inc. premium
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Provenance: The Walter F. Smith collection, lot 759, and previously the Joseph Bles and Mrs. Howard Eric collections. Illustrated by Grant R. Francis, Old English Drinking Glasses, pl. LXIX, no. 378. According to Geoffrey B. Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses, pp. 102-103, the engraved butterfly or moth may represent the 'return of the soul' in the form of Prince Charles Edward, or may just be a decorative motif typical of the naturalism of the period. It is relatively unusual to find the rose engraved with seven petals
