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Lot 308
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Earthenware jug commemorating the jockey Fred Archer circa 1886.

Hammer:
£130
Estimate:
£80 - £120

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Earthenware jug commemorating the jockey Fred Archer circa 1886, black transfer printed decoration featuring Archer aboard Ormonde and a head & shoulders portrait to reverse, inscribed with his birth & death dates and career details, underside marked Rd. No. 63356, John Fennell, Manchester, height 11cm., repaired.

Exhibited: Derby Day 200 Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, 5th April to 1st July 1979, Cat. No. 1.24, illus. p.34; and Fred Archer, Sporting Hero, 1857-1886, Pittville Pump Room Museum, Cheltenham, 1st November 1986 to 24th January 1987, Cat No.30.