Circa 1940s
A wonderful early darker fumed from new oak Ashtray from the workshops of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson. Deep nutty brown colour, excellent mouse carving with no losses, minor ash burn to the cigartette cut-outs and bowl to indicate some prior usage as intended.
Size: 10.3(w) x 7.5(d) x 4(h)cm
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Circa mid1950s / mid60s
An excellent and wonderfully aged and patinated example of the early 1 1/2″ Napkin Rings that were produced by Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson’s. Octagonally carved with neatly carved mouse to one facet and presents in excellent condition and colour.
Shown in the image gallery below next to a 70s/80s made example.
Size 3.8(h)cm
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Circa late 1940s/1950s
A superb early Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson Oak Cheeseboard, the mouse carved characteristically to the board. Post 1960 the mouse carving was moved onto the handle to strengthen it as the earlier handles were prone to snapping. Privately acquired from the original Teesside owners family it has only ever been used as a display piece, protected by varnish in more recent years. We’ve carefully removed the varnish and wax polished the piece to accentuate the grain and natural waxed colour of the aged oak wood. A wonderful carved mouse on the board with no losses, rare as they are often damaged, especially on boards that have been used as intended.
Size: 37(l) x 18(w) x 4.8(h)cm
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Circa 1950s
An excellent and rare to market oak ashtray from ex Mouseman craftsman Martin ‘Lizardman’ Dutton. No evidence of ash burn with a tooled upper surface and carved with his distinctive lizard. Medium fumed originally and now with a rich naturally aged and waxed colour and patina.
Martin Dutton (1921-2009) of Huby, Nr York was a talented craftsman who worked at Thompson’s through the war years. His solo work from the late 40s onwards bears his distinctive Lizard carving. Martin, who was deaf from birth, later became the senior woodwork teacher at the Yorkshire Residential School for the Deaf in Doncaster, the lizard carving later continued by his associate Yorkshire Critters craftsman Derek Slater.
Size: 10.3(w) x 7.5(d) x 3(h)cm
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Circa 1970s/80s
An excellent matched pair of the recently discontinued 2″ oak Napkin Ring from Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson. Excellent condition and rich medium fumed and waxed colour.
Size: 5cm(h)
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Circa 1970s/80s
An excellent example of the popular 6″ adzed oak bowl from the Kilburn workshops of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson with a trademark mouse carved to the adzed exterior of the bowl. Wonderful condition with a rich medium fumed, waxed and aged colour. There’s a natural woodgrain burr to the exterior side which is shown in the image gallery below.
Size: 15.2(dia) x 4.89h)cm
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Circa late1930s/early 40s
A superb example of the rare to market early 18″ oak stool. Significantly larger in width, depth and height than the standard lattice woven stool it also features its original and wonderfully patinated full cow hide seat stretched over the top frame. The four leg stool presents in excellent solid condition, is extensively adzed all over, darker fumed from new and with a finely carved mouse running up one leg.
Size: 42(w) x 35(d) x 48.8(h)cm
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Circa 1980s
A superb example of a Wilf Hutchinson ‘Squirrelman’ oak Ashtray. Excellent unused condition with a rich fumed colour.
As with the other ‘Yorkshire Critters’ craftsmen’s work it is much rarer to the market than the ‘Mouseman’ ashtray.
Wilf trained and worked under Robert Thompson in the 1950s, leaving to set up his own business in nearby Husthwaite in 1957. He was joined there later by his son Trevor, who continues the business today.
Size: 11.5(w) x7.8(d) x 7.5(h)cm
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Circa 1970s/80s
An excellent example of an oak Ashtray by former Mouseman craftsman Peter ‘Rabbitman’ Heap. Excellent unused condition with a fine trademark rabbit carved to the upper surface. Rarer to the market than the ‘Mouseman’ Ashtray.
Size: 10.2(w) x 8.6(d) x 4.5(h)cm
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Circa 1970s
A wonderful Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 4’6″ Octagonal Dining Table with a 4 plank adzed top supported by a cruciform pedestal base, seating 4 in comfort and up to 8 on special occasions. A trademark mouse is carved in high relief to one of the pedestal supports. The worn and flaking original varnished top has been refurbished in our workshop and refinished in the more popular wax only finish and presents in a warm, golden medium fumed colour, free from stains, just a slight joint split to one edge caused by shrinkage / tightening of the wood over the years where the top is screwed to the under supports of the pedestal base (see image gallery below).
4 lattice backed dining chairs are available separately if required. Please also see the 1994 Mouseman Octagonal Table & 4 Chair Set, stock ref DS1492
Size: 137(dia) x 73.5(h)cm
Excellent value as these tables are currently £ 3,630 new.
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Circa 1960s
A lovely example of the highly sought after oak Ashtray from the Littlebeck workshop of Thomas ‘Gnomeman’ Whittaker with a pegged detailed carving of a smiling gnome. Super colour with no losses, some minor ash burn around the bowl to evidence usage in the past as intended.
Size: 13(w) x 15.5(d) x 11(h)cm
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Circa 1920s
A vey unusual and bespoke made large carved oak Fire Brush featuring a detailed carved grinning face, as occasionally seen on some early bespoke bookends and monks chairs. Unmarked, which was not unusual in the 1920s prior to the trademark registering of the mouse carving in 1931, but originally from the Riddihough Estate, Farnhill hall, Skipton and believed to have been supplied by Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson in the 1920s when he furnished and panelled the dining room. A near identical Fire Brush from the same estate, albeit with a grimacing carved face, was sold by Hartleys, Ilkley in June 2016.
Excellent condition and a deep brown colour, with a brass ring hanger to the rear.
A rare and unique piece for discerning mouseman collectors.
Size: 57(l) x 27(w) x 3.2(d)cm
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