Lot Essay
Cf. Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840 (1991), p. 197, pl. 54.
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Details
A pair of figures of the pugilists Tom Cribb and Tom Molyneux
each modelled standing beside a post with their fists raised, on grassy shaped oval bases, 19th century (Cribb broken at neck and restored to neck and left arm, Molyneux cracked to both feet, small chips to foot) -- 23cm. high
See illustration (2)
each modelled standing beside a post with their fists raised, on grassy shaped oval bases, 19th century (Cribb broken at neck and restored to neck and left arm, Molyneux cracked to both feet, small chips to foot) -- 23cm. high
See illustration (2)
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