A 'Britannia' wine glass c.1765, the ogee bowl engraved to one side with an oval panel enclosing Britannia holding a spear and olive branch, the reverse with a single flower sprig, raised on a double series opaque twist stem, 14.3cm. Cf. William Arnold Thorpe, A History of English and Irish Glass, pl.CXVI. Here Thorpe discusses the possibility that such glasses could have been produced for one or more of the Patriotic societies which flourished during and after the Seven Years War of 1756-63. Provenance: from a private collection in London.