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Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

England v Australia 1905. Victor Thomas Trumper. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1914 and Archibald Campbell MacLaren. Lancashire & England 1890-1923. Scarce Staffordshire mug, printed in dark turquoise, with figures of Trumper and MacLaren in batting pose, each within a cartouche with the title ‘Australia’ and ‘England’ printed above. To centre an image of crossed bats, stumps, bails and a ball and below this a shield with kangaroo and lion facing each other with title to shield ‘Australia England’ and above in scroll 1905. Floral decoration to borders and to strap handle, gilt to rim. 4” tall. Minor wear and slight chipping to rim otherwise in good condition. One of the rarest Staffordshire cricketing mugs, a similar mug in claret was sold in the Crump sale of 2006 and a further example, again in claret, was sold by Knights in March 2019. It sold for £2,800. A rare mug especially in this more unusual colour