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An important engraved political commemorative airtwist wine glass of Jacobite interest, circa 1754

Fine Glass and British Ceramics
27 November 2024, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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An important engraved political commemorative airtwist wine glass of Jacobite interest, circa 1754

The slightly flared bucket bowl inscribed 'to the old interest' in script below the rim, on a multi-spiral airtwist stem and conical foot, 14.5cm high

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With Delomosne and Son, 2 July 2002

A decade or more after the Jacobite uprising, most Jacobite clubs supported the Jacobite Cause in little more than name and their meetings were generally political gatherings held in support of the Tories. In a nod to secrecy, this wine glass refers to the Cause as 'the old Interest', in this case by way of a reference to The Old Interest Society, a Jacobite club that was involved in the famously contentious parliamentary election in Oxfordshire in 1754. The Tory party was represented by Sir James Dashwood and Philip Wenman, who competed against the 'New Interest' Whigs for Oxfordshire's two parliamentary seats. The race was infamous for its expense and the civil unrest it brought Oxford when the polls opened. Ultimately 'the Old Interest' was defeated by a Whig majority in the House of Commons. The many Jacobite clubs, including The Old Interest Society, are discussed by Peter Lole, 'A Digest of the Jacobite Clubs', Royal Stuart Society Paper LV (1999), where he states that The Old Interest Society used glasses engraved with the Tartan Portrait of Prince Charles.

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