Pearlware jug depicting a boxing match
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Pearlware jug depicting a boxing match between Tom Molineaux and Tom Cribb in 1810. Made in 1811
This jug shows a boxing match between Tom Molineaux and Tom Cribb in 1810. Tom Molineaux was born in 1784 as a slave in Virginia, America. He was trained by his father Zachary Molineaux and boxed with other enslaved men as entertainment for the plantation owners. He gained his freedom when he made his plantation owner lots of money through boxing. Even though Molineaux was defeated after 39 rounds, he impressed the public and became a celebrity. This jug commemorates the boxing match. Sadly he later died penniless in Dublin in 1818.
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