2nd Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
20th Century Design
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Robert Mouseman Thompson (1876-1955): An English Oak 3ft Bedstead, 1930's, with penny moulded tops, with carved mouse trademark on footboard,
91cm wide, headboard 116.5cm high, footboard 76cm high, with Staples sleeve insulation sprung base and vono metal rails
Made for Kate Elwell, Robert Thompson's secretary for several years until her marriage in 1938.
Photograph of Kate Elwell painting Alms boxes at Robert Thompsons workshop, Kilburn, Yorkshire, taken by G. Bernard Wood of Leeds.
Photograph of Kate Elwell (left) two others and Robert Thompson.
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £400 - £600
Rectangular metal bracket on the back of the headboard. Splash/water marks. Natural grain splits. 6'2" or 188cm long.
Auction: 20th Century Design, 2nd Mar, 2024
A selection of good, early pieces of Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson furniture will be coming up in the 20th Century Design Sale on 2nd March, including a circa 1929 Monk's Chair from Ampleforth Abbey, two circa 1930s Monk's Chairs from the Horlicks family, and a circa 1930s Partner's Desk. These will be joined by a strong offering of modern Mouseman. A further good example of Arts and Crafts furniture comes in the form of a very finely made Cotswold School Dressing Mirror.
Amongst the ceramics in the sale will be the Dr John C. Yule Collection of Linthorpe and Middlesbrough Pottery, a Private Collection of Dennis Chinaworks Pottery, a good example of Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian, and a Private Collection of Studio Pottery including pots by Richard Batterham.
Viewing
Thursday 29th February - Friday 1st March 10am-4pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am
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