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Pictured: Associate Director and European Ceramics Specialist Clare Durham holding a (not anti-slavery related) large pearlware jug depicting a scene titled ‘A Russian Boor returning from his field sports’, from 1812. It was part of huge collection of commemorative jugs amassed by the late Robin Simpson that sold for over £400,000 in total.
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 total.
He purchased them at auction fairs around the world and displayed them on specially-made 10ft tall cabinets.
Pic: MaxWillcock/BNPS
Pictured: Associate Director and European Ceramics Specialist Clare Durham holding a (not anti-slavery related) large pearlware jug depicting a scene titled ‘A Russian Boor returning from his field sports’, from 1812. It was part of huge collection of commemorative jugs amassed by the late Robin Simpson that sold for over £400,000 in total.
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 total.
He purchased them at auction fairs around the world and displayed them on specially-made 10ft tall cabinets.
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