Antique Staffordshire pottery pitcher with Cock Fighting hand painted decoration early 19th century

Reference: 4496

Dated: 1815 Staffordshire England

A fine quality and rare pearlware jug well decorated with two panels depicting a "Cock Fighting Scene". The panel below the spout shows a drinking and smoking scene typical of the period.
The painting is exceptional and the jug is enhanced with a wide yellow coloured band around the body.
Note...cock fighting is one of the oldest spectator"sports" with a history spanning 5000 years.
Re; image of Roman mosaic.Cock fighting was banned in England in 1835.

Dimensions: 7.00 inch high

Medium: pottery earthenware ceramic

Current Condition Fine unrestored

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