Today's Flickr photo with the most hits; Bonnie Prince Charlie's death mask. Inverness Museum.

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Rare Jacobite Glasses: A Treasured Collection Up for Auction!

...#JacobiteGlass #HistoricAuction #TraitorGlass #BonniePrinceCharlie #ScottishHistory #AntiqueCollectors #RareArtifacts #JacobiteRising #FineArtAuction #HistoricCollectibles #JacobiteHeritage #AntiqueGlassware #HistoricTreasures #CollectibleGlass #JacobiteLegacy A rare and historically significant collection of Jacobite “traitor” drinking glasses, valued at tens of thousands of pounds, is set to be…

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Rare Jacobite Glasses: A Treasured Collection Up for Auction!

Rare Jacobite Glasses: A Treasured Collection Up for Auction!

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The Skye Boat Song is about Bonnie Prince Charlie. It tells of the time that he dressed as an Irish maid called Betty Burke and sailed with Flora MacDonald and five boatmen to the Isle of Skye, across the treacherous waters of the Minch, under cover of night, to escape capture by Hanoverian troops.

10 things you might not know about Bonnie Prince Charlie:

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31 December: Bonnie Prince Charlie

Bonnie Prince Charlie was born on this date in 1720. 10 things you might not know about him: His full name was Charles Edward Loui...

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Today's the day for the sale of this exquisite Jacobite wine glass which once belonged to an Arlington Baths family! https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/bonhams/catalogue-id-bonham10697/lot-6e0c2c46-ca9d-493a-9a07-b0af00bc9625 Starting at £32,000, the Perry of Mambeg 'Amen' glass was owned by Dr Robert Perry, a member along with his wife May and children Ernest, Ethel and Hilda. Read all about them on our website https://arlingtonbathshistory.co.uk/2018/05/22/the-perrys-a-distinguished-glasgow-family/ #Glasgow #Jacobites #BonniePrinceCharlie #Scotland #auction
The Perry of Mambeg 'Amen' glass: a highly important engraved Jacobite wine glass, circa 1747The

Bid Live on Lot 19 in the The Durrington Collection Important British and Dutch Glass Auction from Bonhams.

A brief spell of sunshine at Glenfinnan between the showers. #Scotland #autumn #BonniePrinceCharlie #HarryPotter #Glenfinnan

Two neighbouring plaques in the Trongate/Argyle Street area of Glasgow commemorating visits by two of the 18th Century's most famous Scots. Neither Burns nor Bonnie Prince Charlie are usually associated with Glasgow, or with each other, yet this is where their histories come together (metaphorically at any rate).

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An odd one to top today's Flickr list: the death mask of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Inverness Museum)

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University of Dundee's Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification reconstruct Bonnie Prince Charlie's face, using date from his death mask https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-66533482

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Death masks recreate face of Bonnie Prince Charlie

The image shows what the Scottish prince could have looked like during the Jacobite Rising.

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“War Diary Day 486 Prigozhin runs away but Putin is a fragile monster - official.”

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The then Prince Charles visited Iceland (a few times I think) to go salmon fishing. My wife's great-aunt once told me about the impact this had on the village of Vopnafjörður. Apparently many young women there were quite excited about the prince ... untill he actually showed up.

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