Saturday, 3 October 2026

The Durham ox, which died in 1807 weighing over 1,200 kg, appeared on plates

A blue and white platter showing a bull in a landscape with a man standing on the right, displayed on a shelf with a red background.

This Durham ox won posthumous fame, and a place on plates and postcards, merely by weighing a great deal. At the time of his death in 1807 he weighed over 1,200 kg

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