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Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.
Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas. Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.

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Mouseman - important 1927 carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by George Bolton solicitor to Robert Thompson in 1927, the adzed concave front rail carved with the opposing heads of a fool and a crowned bearded wise man, incorporating two carved mouse signatures illustrating the proverb 'From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men', flanked by block ends carved with the monogram GB and date 1927 respectively, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn

Provenance: George Bolton, Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, solicitor to Robert Thompson; thence by family descent to his grandson, the present vendor. Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928. Verbally confirmed by Robert Thompson's Craftsmen of the January 1928 supply at a price of 5 guineas.

Literature and historical note: Diane Sinnott & Harriet Hunter Smart, Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876-1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer, foreword by Ian Thompson Cartwright, Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016, p.11. The authors identify George Bolton as the solicitor to Thompson and recipient of Thompson's original 'patent mouse', carved in connection with the registration of his mouse trademark in 1931 and subsequently returned to the Thompson family.

Dimensions:
Height: 20cm Length/Width: 144cm Depth/Diameter: 44cm

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Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson carved and adzed oak fender, commissioned by solicitor George Bolton in 1927. Its concave front rail is carved with opposing heads of a fool and a crowned, bearded wise man, with two mouse signatures illustrating the proverb “From the mouths of fools to the ears of wise men”. The block ends are carved with the monogram GB and the date 1927.

Made in December 1927 and delivered in January 1928, the fender is recorded in Robert Thompson’s Craftsmen as supplied that month for five guineas, verbally confirmed. It descended through the Bolton family to the present vendor. Bolton, of Byland House, Moorhead Lane, Shipley, was Thompson’s solicitor and received Thompson’s original ‘patent mouse’, made in connection with registration of the Mouseman trademark in 1931 and later returned to the Thompson family.

Discussed in Diane Sinnott and Harriet Hunter Smart, *Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876–1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer* (Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016), p. 11. This distinctive 1920s Mouseman fender is offered for sale at auction by Duggleby Auctioneers.


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Estimate £200-400

Mouseman - bespoke commissioned oak cupboard or media cabinet, the adzed top with raised t...

Estimate £4,000-6,000

Mouseman - pair of lightly adzed oak bar stools, the rectangular lightly dished top with r...

Estimate £1,500-2,500

Gnomeman - adzed oak ashtray of hexagonal design, with standing gnome signature, by Thoma...

Estimate £150-250

Rabbitman - oak glazed bookcase or display cabinet, lightly adzed rectangular top with rai...

Estimate £700-1,000

Acornman - adzed oak dresser base or sideboard, the rectangular heavily-adzed top fitted w...

Estimate £700-1,000

Mouseman - oak lectern/book rest, with recessed carved mouse signature, by the workshop of...

Estimate £500-800

Mouseman - mid-20th century honey-oak adzed coffee table, the rectangular adzed top raised...

Estimate £500-800

Mouseman - mid-20th century honey-oak milking stool, the dished kidney-shaped seat raised ...

Estimate £250-400

Mouseman - panelled oak double bed frame, the arcade-carved cresting rail over a fourteen-...

Estimate £1,500-2,500

Mouseman - pair of adzed oak bookends, with carved mouse signature, by the workshop of Rob...

Estimate £300-500

Mouseman - oak book trough, curved end supports, with carved mouse signature, by the works...

Estimate £200-300

Mouseman - 1980s lightly adzed oak breadboard with rare right-facing mouse, with carved mo...

Estimate £300-500

Yorkshire Oak - Arts & Crafts design adzed oak double wardrobe, rectangular top over rail ...

Estimate £500-800

Yorkshire Oak - Arts & Crafts design adzed oak chest, the heavily adzed rectangular top ov...

Estimate £300-500

Yorkshire Oak - Arts & Crafts design adzed oak open bookcase, the raised and adzed three-q...

Estimate £200-400

Cat and Mouseman - adzed oak dresser and plate rack, plate rack with two delf rack, panell...

Estimate £400-600

Rabbitman - honey oak coffee table, the rectangular top raised on twin curved X-form end-s...

Estimate £400-600

Mouseman - adzed oak table lamp of panel sided design on square base, original shade, H26c...

Estimate £200-400

Wrenman - oak letter rack modelled as a five bar gate, the shaped backboard with adzed edg...

Estimate £200-300

Mouseman - 1940s pre-war adzed oak blanket chest of unusual proportions, the rectangular h...

Estimate £1,000-1,500

Mouseman - 1970s oak longcase clock, with a high quality weight driven movement and dial b...

Estimate £3,000-5,000

Mouseman - oak dressing table stool, the rectangular tan leather padded seat with studwork...

Estimate £300-500

Mouseman - a pair of 1920s/1930s adzed oak octagonal candlesticks, with lappet tops, the b...

Estimate £800-1,200

Mouseman - oak weather station with brass thermometer, barometer and hygrometer, with carv...

Estimate £500-1,000

Mouseman - adzed oak kidney shaped tea tray with twin carved mouse signature handles, by t...

Estimate £200-300

Mouseman - limited edition Hovingham Estate English and Burr oak octagonal coffee table wi...

Estimate £3,000-5,000

Mouseman - adzed and panelled oak bedside locker cupboard, the rectangular top with canted...

Estimate £1,500-2,500

Mouseman - early-to-mid-20th century panelled and adzed double wardrobe, the arcade carved...

Estimate £3,000-5,000

Mouseman - mid-20th century honey-oak milking stool, the dished kidney-shaped seat raised ...

Estimate £250-400

Mouseman - oak ashtray, with carved mouse signature, by the workshop of Robert Thompson of Kilburn

Estimate £70-100

Acornman - 5' adzed oak dining table, rectangular top above a trestle base united by a str...

Estimate £400-600

Acornman - set of four oak dining chairs, chamfered slatted back, tan leather drop in seat...

Estimate £300-400

Mouseman - 1930s/1940s adzed oak cupboard or sideboard, the rectangular adzed top with rai...

Estimate £4,000-6,000

Mouseman - mid-20th century honey-oak panelled corner cabinet, fitted with single panelled...

Estimate £500-800

Mouseman - panelled oak double bed frame, the arcade-carved cresting rail over a fourteen-...

Estimate £1,500-2,500

Mouseman - set of six oak napkin rings, with carved mouse signature, by the workshop of Ro...

Estimate £300-500

Mouseman - early-to-mid 20th century adzed and panelled oak chest, raised back over rectan...

Estimate £3,500-4,500

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Estimate £200-300

Rabbitman - honey oak coffee table, the ...

Estimate £400-600

Mouseman - pair of adzed oak bookends, w...

Estimate £300-500

Gnomeman - adzed oak ashtray of hexagon...

Estimate £150-250

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Estimate £4,000-6,000

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Estimate £300-500

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Estimate £200-400

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