Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Julius Caesar and George Parr. A pair of original large Staffordshire cricketing figures, believed to be of Caesar and Parr. Both figures beautifully decorated, the figure of Caesar standing beside a set of brown cricket stumps holding a cricket bat, wearing a orange cap with blue peak, a pink bow tie to neck, white spotted shirt and orange sash with cricket blazer to right hand side. Parr standing beside a wicket holding a cricket ball in his right hand, wearing an orange cap, a pink bow tie to neck, and white spotted shirt with orange sash to waist, a cricket blazer to left hand side. Decorated with gold lustre to the blazer edges, shirt collars and to bases. The figures probably made by Sampson Smith c1860. The figure of Caesar measures approximately 14” tall and the figure of Parr approx 13.75” tall. Some minor wear and small loss to the painted surfaces of both figures, firing mark to the base of the figure of Parr otherwise both in good to very good condition. A rare pair of early cricket figures