Lot 489
A SCOTTISH ARMORIAL GLASS DECANTER
18TH CENTURY
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 17 August 2016 from 12:00 BST
Description
the bulbous body with large engraved armorial, with compressed stopper with multi air bubbles within
Dimensions
overall height 24cm
Footnote
The Arms of Lord George Murray
The arms as engraved upon this 18th Century Scottish Armorial Glass Decanter are those of Lord George Murray. They may be blazoned as follows:
Arms: Quarterly 1st grand quarter 1st and 4th Azure three mullets argent within a double tressure flory counterflory or (for Murray) 2nd and 3rd grand quarters Quarterly 1st and 4th Paly of six or and sable (for the ancient of Earldom of Atholl) 2nd and 3rd Or a fess chequy azure and argent (for Stewart) at fess point a human heart gules imperially crowned proper
Crest: An eagle's head proper
Supporters: (Dexter) A savage proper wreathed about the head and waist vert his feet in fetters of iron the chain held up by his right hand also proper
(Sinister) A lion gules gorged with a plain collar azure thereon three mullets argent
Motto: Tout prest [Quite ready]
Lord George Murray (born 4th October 1694 died 11th October 1760) was a Scottish Jacobite General, most noted for his 1745 campaign under leadership of Bonnie Prince Charlie into England. Lord George was the sixth son of John Murray, the 1st Duke of Atholl, who was the Chief of Clan Murray, by his first wife, Catherine, daughter of the 3rd Duke of Hamilton. In 1728, he married Amelia, daughter and heiress of James Murray of Strowan and Glencarse. They had three sons and two daughters.
It is highly likely that this decanter was once in the possession of Lord George Murray, as it does not appear to be a commemorative piece, if so it is a very rare example of personal Jacobite household glassware to have survived.