Pottery packing a punch
A pair of early 19th century Staffordshire pearlware figures modelled after bare-knuckle boxers Tom Cribb and Tom Molineaux who fought for a ‘world title’ of sorts is estimated at £3000-5000 in Tennants’ Autumn Fine Sale on November 13 in Leyburn.
Cribb was born in Bristol the son of a coal worker, and Molineaux arrived in London from Virginia,…