A RARE JACOBITE EMPTY BUD WINE GLASS Circa 1750A RARE JACOBITE "EMPTY BUD" WINE GLASSCirca 1750The round funnel bowl decorated with an heraldic rose and a rare empty bud, set on a tall plain stem with large elongated tear, on a folded domed foot, 16.8cm high.ProvenanceThe Mortimer CollectionBonhams sale, 16 December 2009, lot 44, where acquired by Peter LoleThe Peter Lole CollectionLiteratureIllustrated by Arthur Churchill Ltd, Glass Notes No.11 (1951), p.19, fig.23NotesIn his Glass Notes in 1951, E Barrington Haynes published seven examples of Jacobite glasses where a rose is accompanied by a distinctive empty bud. The roses are mostly the earlier multi-petalled versions and from this Barrington Haynes supposed the glasses featuring empty buds might pre-date 1745. He was unable to propose an explanation for the Empty Bud, except to say that it was clearly intended and must have had a hidden meaning. An identical example is in the collection of the National Museums of Scotland, (A.1955.47) Geoffrey Seddon in his 1995 book referred to Churchill's Glass Notes but he also did not offer an explanation. He did, however, increase the number of known examples to ten.