British Art Pottery & 20th Century Design - 28th November 2012

Lot 77

''School Board' a rare Doulton Lambeth stoneware mouse group menu holder

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £4000

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Description

''School Board' a rare Doulton Lambeth stoneware mouse group menu holder, by George Tinworth, dated 1885, modelled as two young mice learning the alphabet, a teacher pointing to the letters on a board, glazed in colours incised marks, date and GT monogram, small chips to ear and base 9.5cm. high Literature Peter Rose, The Harriman-Judd Collection, CDN Corporation, page 125 plates 99 and 103 for similar menu holders The Harriman-Judd Collection part II, Sotheby's New York, October 6th 2001, lot 216 for a later version of this figure