Staffordshire Figurine of Boxers *C1840* VERY RARE Tom Spring and Jack Langan Match held in 1824 NEAR MINT Start Price GBP 399.00 Current Price GBP 399.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 01, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Location wrexham, Wrexham See more about 'Staffordshire Figurine of Boxers *C1840* VERY RARE' Description  Staffordshire figurine showing two boxers They depict two famous bare knuckle boxers Tom Spring and Jack LanganThese types of figurines were often produced by the then Staffordshire Pottery,now Royal Staffordshire Pottery,they were produce to let people know what celebs look like before papers and magazines as we have today.This is a very old piece and has no chips or cracks but does have age crazing to the tights of the boxers, and the underside of the plinthIt has a hand written sticker underneath which gave me the names of the boxersThe story goes that there was a famous british boxing match tom spring v jack langan in 1824.Spring won the fight which lasted 2.5 hours and 77 rounds,The Pair rematch a year later with the same result Spring then retired from boxing.That is about all i know but any questions please askWill post worldwide just ask for a quote Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Place a Bid!