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Staffordshire Flatback – Tom King

Poor Tom King has been in the wars a bit. But then a highwayman should be prepared for a bit of misadventure!

Tom King was a cohort of Dick Turpin and therefore someone who gained a popular myth around them. Famous enough to be turned into a Staffordshire flatback.

At some point this Tom Kink has had some reconstructive surgery to his left hand. There is also a crack to the neck of the horse but I think that this is a firing crack as it doesn’t translate to the back of the piece.

Despite being a partner of Dick Turpin, it was Turpin who accidentally shot King in 1735.

Measurements:

Height: 28cm
Width: 19cm
Depth (front to back): 7cm