Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

Robert Thompson of Kilburn (1876-1955)

A Mouseman powder box and cover, circa 1940

oak, octagonal form with an adzed surface

carved mouse signature

10cm high. (2)

Provenance:

Private collection.

Some natural lines that follow the grains of the wood, one in the lid which can be seen to the inside and running up to near the nose of the mouse. One in the base which looks like a variation or flaw in the grain of the wood. no damage or restoration.