MARTIN LIZARDMAN DUTTON OAK CARVING

An Oak wood carving of Madonna & Child by Martin Dutton with carved signature in high relief to rear

Lovely condition and colour very minor loss to the top of one finger

Circa 1950

Height   19cm

SOLD

Reference No.  4267

Martin Dutton Lizardman (1921-2009) of Huby near York was Deaf this condition did not restrict him from becoming an excellent Yorkshire furniture maker and woodcarver.
Martin started his woodworking career as an apprentice to Robert Mouseman Thompson he was renowned for being a highly skilled craftsman and he was the most talented of a small group of deaf workers at Robert Thompson’s during the Second World War leaving in 1950..
Martin become the senior woodwork master at The Yorkshire Residential School for the Deaf in Doncaster.