Staffordshire Pearlware Cow Creamer, 1810/20, standing over a calf on a moulded paper border rectangular base in tones of green, 5” high. Restored legs and ear of calf, horns, ears, udder and made up cover of cow.
RPW00597 $300
Rare Pair of Transfer Printed Rectangular Wall Plaques of Boxers, 1824/30, depicting “Spring” and “Langan” each in underglaze black transfer, each 5 1/2” high. Old repair to left bottom corner of Langan, hairline to Spring, chips to reverse.
RPW00554 $3,200
These commemorate the bare knuckle fight on Worcester Race Course, January 24th 1824, between the Irish boxer Langan and Tom Spring. A fight that was to last 77 rounds
Tom Spring (February 22, 1795 – August 20, 1851), was the bare-knuckle heavyweight champion of England from 1821–1824. Originally a butcher by trade with the surname 'Winter', Spring changed his name when he took up boxing professionally. In 1814 he met Tom Cribb, England's heavyweight champion, who became his patron. Lacking a strong punch, Spring is acknowledged as the first 'scientific' boxer. He fought defensively and developed a powerful left hook. In 1821 Cribb handed the championship to Spring, who saw off his first challenge, Bill Neat, in 1823. Spring twice fought the Irish fighter Jack Langan, beating him on both occasions. After his retirement he became landlord of the Castle Inn at Holborn, London, where he arranged many major boxing events. Langan is shown in the right hand rectangular plaques.
Pearlware Harvest Barrel, 1800, molded in two halves, applied with a rectangular lug handle, pierced for suspension and with bung-hole, decorated with a band of flowers and elongated foliage, repeated on the ends, in the middle of thin bands, 4½.” Chip to one end, very minor glaze chips.
RPW00452 $350
This is a decorative barrel in made in the tradition of harvesters drinking barrels from the 18th century. For other older examples see, A Passion for Pottery The Henry H. Weldon Collection. P. Williams & P. Halfpenny, pg. 132. Fig. 75.
