Flatback figure group of the boxers
Tom Sayers and John Carmell Heenan
Made in Staffordshire, England
About 1860
Earthenware, painted in enamels
Museum no. C.26-1944

The fight between these two men was said to have been 'the most savage fisted battle of the 19th century' and to have been witnessed by over 12,000 people. It ended in a draw.
Bequeathed by Miss Helena Hill