1749

"Amen" Wineglass

Although most of the known "Amen" glasses have only the first two verses of the Jacobite anthem, this glass is engraved with all four. The Tenth of June and XX December are the respective birth dates of James Edward and Charles Edward, members of the Stuart royal family who had aspired to the throne. The inscription on the back of the glass mentioning Prince Henry as the duke of York may be an allusion to the duke becoming a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in 1747. Prince Henry was the last of the direct male Stuart line and his appointment was considered the deathblow to Jacobean hopes.