A rare engraved ballooning wine glass, the glass 18th century, the engraving circa 1811 The tall ogee bowl decorated in diamond-point with two figures ascending in a hot air balloon, both holding flags over the edge of the basket, the reverse inscribed 'THE BALLOON OF/ MR SADLER/ AERONAUT', on a plain stem and conical foot, 17.6cm high Footnotes: James Sadler (1753-1828) was a pioneering English aeronaut, chemist, and pastry chef from Oxford, widely acknowledged as the first Englishman to make a manned balloon flight. On 4 October 1784 he completed a successful ascent from Christ Church Meadow in Oxford, rising to 3,600 feet. The scene on the present lot depicts a later ascent, taken from an original source print showing James Sadler and Captain Paget of the British Royal Navy ascending in a balloon decorated in honour of the Prince Regent's birthday from the Mermaid Tavern gardens in Hackney, London, on 12 August 1811. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing