As an aside to the dilemma brewing on another thread, we have (in our family, 1st cousin) a old decanter which when filled with redwine, one can clearly make-out the portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie It is very old, from Scotland, and genuine. Been in the family for years. Before WWII my great uncle used it for pocket change. Then one day several years ago "Antiques Road Show" came thru Nacogdoches, Tx and the rest is history. It was in the local paper The Daily Sentinel. Alas, I don't have a photograph. B
Bone, Is it a wine decanter or could it be for whiskey? Lots of listings for Scottish whiskey decanters with BPC on them
Either I suspose. It's got three sides and can hold about a gallon if I recall. Made of crystal my wife told me earlier.
I've been looking around the web and found a few interesting facts about Jacobean glass.There are numerous cases of "secret portraits" of Bonnie Prince Charlie in glassware,mirrors and the like to allow supporters to see him without revealing their allegiance to his cause.Go about halfway down the page and look for "glasses and poitics". http://www.cosmos-club.org/web/journals/1999/kaplan.html Another example of this secrecy is this: Fort William is the home of the West Highland Museum which contains the famous secret portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie, which can only be seen if the picture is reflected on to the curved surface of a polished cylinder.See the face on the cylinder? Probably none of this has anything to do with your cousin's decanter but still interesting.
