Georgian Wine Glass Depicting Cockfighting

Description

Heading : Georgian Wine Glass Depicting Cockfighting
Period : Mid 18th century
Origin : England
Colour : Light grey tone
Bowl : Round funnel. Engraved with three aspects of a cockfight.  The Set To, The Fight and The Knockdown
Stem : Plain
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 17cm height, 7.3cm diameter bowl, 8cm diameter foot
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None
Weight: 242 grams

Cockfighting in the UK became illegal in1853 and until then and fone some decades after it remained a popular theme for engravers. Most glasses engraved with depictions of cockfifgting are late Victorian. This fact alone demonstrates that those who knew where to find a “mains” continued to enjoy their ‘sport’ after it became criminal. This is the first 18th century glass that we have offered for sale depicting cockfighting.