COLLECTION OF ENGRAVED GLASS OF COCKFIGHTING INTEREST, WITH RELATED SOURCE PRINTS
19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £250 - £350
Auction: Session Two - Thursday 20th February at 10am
Description
comprising seven large engraved wine goblets one engraved with the set to and inscribed 'The Set To', one engraved with the fight and inscribed 'The Fight', and one engraved with the death and inscribed 'The Death', the other four also engraved with various cock fighting scenes including: a large serving rummer engraved with all four stages of the fight; and a section of a bottle that has been polished down and engraved with 'The Set To'; the four framed prints entitled 'Set To', 'Fight', 'Throat' and 'Death', by H. Alken, Published 1825 by S & J Fuller, Rathbone Place (14)
Dimensions
goblets 23cm high, serving rummer 17.2cm high, prints 20cm high x 25cm wide (inc frame), slate 33cm high x 26cm wide