Two wager cups in the shape of a cannon, anonymous, 1589
turning, h c.9cm × l c.33.5cm × d c.7.5cm More details
A wager cup (also termed a ‘drink-up’) is so-called because the user could not set it down when it was full and thus had to drain it. Wager cups wame in all shapes and forms, among them these fragile cannons.
