Bonhams to sell belt buckle believed to be the oldest cricket artefact outside Britain

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 03:05 Written by External Post Wednesday, 18 January 2012 03:05

Featuring the only known image of a slave playing sport, it was discovered on a gravel spit in the River Tweed in Scotland

Bonhams is delighted to be selling the oldest known cricket artefact outside the British Isles, a belt buckle featuring an Afro-European slave playing cricket in Barbados, in its Sporting Memorabilia sale on 30 May 2012 in Chester.

The buckle, which has…

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