Taboo cricket scenes prove rather desirable

Politically correct it is not, but the ‘Negro Cricketer’ pattern, produced for just one year in 1907, certainly ranks among the rarest and most desirable of Royal Doulton series wares.

Banbury auctioneer Holloway's (17.5% buyer's premium) had two plates, consigned by the same private…

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