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Amen glass
(c. 1743-1750)
- Medium
- glass (diamond-point engraved, air-twist stem)
- Measurements
- 17.3 × 7.6 × 7.4 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- England
- Accession Number
- 172-D5
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1960
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- 17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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This glass is inscribed with two verses from the Jacobite royal anthem, and bears a royal crown above the cipher JR, meaning Jacobus Rex, or King James. The figure eight beneath the royal cipher refers to the claim by James Francis Edward Stuart, son of James II, to the title James VIII of Scotland.
- Physical description
- Drawn trumpet bowl, multi-ply air twist stem, plain foot, diamond engraved, inscribed on bowl and foot.