ROBERT MOUSEMAN THOMPSON RARE EARLY PAIR OF BOOKENDS WITH CARVED SQUIRRELS

A pair of superb Robert Mouseman Thompson Bookends each carved in the form of a squirrel eating acorns with further acorns at their feet each fully adzed with carved opposite facing mouse signatures to each bookend

Circa 1930

10cm wide
20 cm high
13.5 cm deep

Superb colour and condition

SOLD

Note.
Early bookends are extremely rare and we have only seen photos of similar examples with acorns at the squirrels feet later versions do not have this feature see Tennants sale lot 1795 18/07/08 for a later pair.
See also the cover of Mouseman the Legacy of Robert Thompson of Kilburn