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Pictured: An earthenware plate, dated 1838 titled 'Freedom First of August' sold for £3640
Ceramic jugs commemorating the anti-slavery movement have been snapped up by British museums looking to 'redress the balance of white art' in their collections.
The eight jugs went for up to 15 times their original estimates when they sold at auction.
They were part of a huge collection of commemorative jugs amassed by the late Robin Simpson that sold for over £400,000 in tota
Pic: Woolley&Wallis/BNPS
Pictured: An earthenware plate, dated 1838 titled 'Freedom First of August' sold for £3640
Ceramic jugs commemorating the anti-slavery movement have been snapped up by British museums looking to 'redress the balance of white art' in their collections.
The eight jugs went for up to 15 times their original estimates when they sold at auction.
They were part of a huge collection of commemorative jugs amassed by the late Robin Simpson that sold for over £400,000 in tota
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