AN ENGLISH COMMEMORATIVE WINE GLASS

18th century, the everted bowl engraved with the Duke on horseback and worded ‘The Duke of Marlborough at Ramillies’, on shaped air twist stem and circular foot, 19cm high

Note: The Battle of Ramillies (May 23, 1706) was a victory won by Allied (Anglo-Dutch) forces led by the Duke of Marlborough over the French during the War of the Spanish Succession. The victory led to the Allied capture of the whole north and east of the Spanish Netherlands.