Rare Amen Drinking Glass to be Sold at Halls’ Two Day Auction

An important collection of 18th century drinking glasses, including a rare Amen glass valued at up to £30,000, will go under the hammer at Shropshire’s leading fine art auctionauctioneers Halls over two days at Welsh Bridge saleroom in Shrewsbury on November 6 and 7.

One of only 40 recorded in the world, the Lennoxlove Amen glass, made in 1750s, is mentioned and photographed in the authoritative book ‘The Jacobites and Their Drinking Glasses’ by renowned author Geoffrey B. Seddon. Engraved on the glass are two verses of the Jacobite anthem.

Watch Halls’ fine art director Jeremy Lamond tell the story about this rare glass on the Hallsgbtv Youtube channel

see also Seddon/McKenzie 2010 paper The Amen Glasses and Sir Robert Strange on this website.

For more information about this auction, contact Halls on Tel: 01743 284777.