Beaker

Creator Hugues Lossieux, Joseph Leddel

Accession number 76.79

Unique identifier MNY35213

Description Silver beaker with round tapered sides, two incised lines under the lip, slightly splayed round foot (lathe-skimmed), and engraved on the sides with a scene of the Devil leading the Pope and the Roman Catholic Young Pretender to the English throne (Charles Edward Stuart; 1720-1788), through the gate of death into the fiery mouth of Hell. Inscription: Around the beaker are verses: Three mortal enemies remember / The Devil Pope and the Pretender / Most wicked damnable and evil / The Pope Pretender and the Devi l / I wish they were all hang'd in a rope / The Pretender Devil and the Pope. Base engraved: Joseph Leddel.Sculpt. 1750.BL. Mark: On base: [three French marks for Hugues Lossieux, Saint-Malo, 1707-08.]

Dated 1707-1708

Object Type beaker (drinking vessel)

Inscription / technical details "I wish they were all hang'd in a rope/The Pretender Devil and the Pope"

Physical dimensions H: 3 in. DIAM: 1 7/8 in.

Medium silver (metal)

File dimensions 18.3 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

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