COMMEMORATION WINE GLASS, KING WILLIAM/ BATTLE OF THE BOYNE
ENGRAVING LATE 19TH CENTURY, GLASS POSSIBLY EARLIER
£600
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 31 January 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
the conical bowl engraved with King William on horseback, with inscription THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF KING WILLIAM/ NO SURRENDER/ BOYNE 1ST JULY 1690/ T.C.S.C, on a knopped stem and folded foot
Dimensions
15.5cm high
Footnote
Note: It is thought that this glass marks the bicentenary of the Battle of the Boyne, and was engraved by Franz Tieze (1842-1932) whose initials are inscribed on the bowl. He was a Bohemian-born engraver who worked in the flint glass factory of the Pugh Brothers in Dublin from 1865 to 1910, although he also engraved 18th century wine glasses.