26th Mar, 2010 9:00 GMT/BST
Spring Catalogue Sale
1032
Thomas Wilkinson Wallis (1822-1903): A One Piece Carved Limewood Still Life Group of Three...
T W Wallis established a business in Louth, Lincolnshire in 1834. After initially making models of wire and clay he would carve still life subjects from a single block of limewood. He won gold medals at The Great Exhibition 1851. As well as signing his work, Wallis also used a small snail as a trademark. Works by this artist can be seen at Louth Museum, including The Heron with Bulrush and Ivy 1853, Woodcock 1854, and Brace of Partridges 1856
Sold for £15,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Tip of chaffinch beak been knocked off. Some of the suspension twine has snapped, and other small faults, but generally in remarkable overall condition. 090210
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