9th Oct, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST
20th Century Design
2102
Workshop of Robert Mouseman Thompson (Kilburn): A Carved English Oak Figure of the North Shields Wooden Dolly, modelled as a fisherwife carrying a basket, with carved mouse trademark, 41cm high See illustration
North Shields is steeped in maritime heritage and a series life-size wooden doll statues have inhabited the town for more than 200 years.
The shipowner and brewer Alexander Bartleman erected the first doll, an old ships figurehead, in 1814 on the towns Liddell Street. The fifth was created by the Robert Thompson workshop in 1958 and recently restored in September 2020 and returned to Northumberland Park.
Sold for £5,000
Estimated at £5,000 - £7,000
Auction: 20th Century Design, 9th Oct, 2021
The sale will include 65 lots of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson furniture and furnishings from legendary chef Marco Pierre White’s hotel The Rudloe Arms in Wiltshire, as well as key pieces from some of the leading names in the Decorative Arts and 20th Century Design, such as Bernard Leach, Émile Gallé, Martin Brothers, Carlo Bugatti, Elizabeth Fritsch, and Rene Laliqué.
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Thursday 7 October 10am-4pm, Friday 8 October 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am.
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