Featured: The Country House Sale - Mouseman Furniture and Exquisite Creatures

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Whether you're a dedicated collector or simply have an eye for stunning objects, this sale presents a rare chance to acquire something truly extraordinary.

Read on to discover the exceptional lots featured in our Country House Sale.

Mouseman Furniture

_{Top row, left to right: Lot 1320, Lot 1325 & Lot 1318 - Bottom row, left to right: Lot 1334, Lot 1348 & Lot 1347.}

Lot Number: 1320 - Mouseman Oak Napkin Rings
Two oak napkin rings with a bulbous octagonal shape, each carved with the signature mouse emblem. Crafted by the workshop of Robert Thompson, Kilburn. Estimate: £70-100.

Lot Number: 1325 - Mouseman Adzed Oak Cheeseboard
An oval-shaped cheeseboard made of adzed oak with a projecting handle, featuring the signature mouse carving. Created by the workshop of Robert Thompson. Estimate: £100-150.

Lot Number: 1318 - Mouseman Oak Ashtray
An oak ashtray with a rectangular form and rounded, canted corners, adorned with the signature mouse carving. Produced by the workshop of Robert Thompson, Kilburn. Estimate: £50-100.

Lot Number: 1334 - Mouseman Occasional Table
An occasional table featuring an adzed octagonal top and a cruciform base supported by sledge feet, each piece carved with the signature mouse emblem. Crafted by the workshop of Robert Thompson, Kilburn. Estimate: £400-600.

Lot Number: 1348 - Mouseman Oak Dresser
An oak dresser with a penny-moulded cresting rail above two shelves supported by shaped ends, featuring a canted rectangular adzed top. It includes two drawers, panelled cupboards with wrought iron hinges and catches, and rests on octagonal feet, all carved with the signature mouse. Produced by the workshop of Robert Thompson, Kilburn. Estimate: £1,500-2,000.

Lot Number: 1347 - Mouseman Set of Six Oak Dining Chairs
A circa 1930s set of six oak dining chairs (4+2), including two carvers and four side chairs, by Robert Thompson of Kilburn. Each chair has a panelled back carved with the Bagshawe family crest, motto 'Forma Flos Fama Flatus' above an arm grasping a bugle-horn with a ribbon tie and Yorkshire rose motif. The chairs feature an adzed frame, leather lattice strap seats and octagonal supports united by stretchers. Each chair is carved with the mouse signature. Provenance: Owned since manufacture by the Bagshawe family, descendants of the Staithes Group Artist Joseph Richard Bagshawe RBA (1870-1909). Estimate: £3,000-5,000.

Exquisite Creatures

_{Top row, left to right: Lot 1102, Lot 1198 & Lot 1238 - Bottom row, left to right: Lot 1229, Lot 1047 & Lot 1054.}

Lot Number: 1102 - Pair of Late 18th Century Creamware Toothpick Holders
A pair of late 18th century creamware toothpick holders, likely of Portuguese origin, each modelled as spineless hedgehogs standing on stepped rectangular bases. Estimate: £100-200.

Lot Number: 1198 - Late 19th Century Coin-Operated Trio of Singing Birds Automaton
A late 19th century coin-operated automaton featuring a trio of singing birds in a cage, likely by J. Phalibois, French. The taxidermy birds heads, beaks, and tail feathers move in sync with their birdsong. The cage is gilt brass with a one-penny coin entry shoot, and the gilt canted rectangular base is adorned with barbola decoration. Estimate: £1,000-2,000.

Lot Number: 1238 - Egyptian Greywacke or Schist Cosmetic Palette
An Egyptian cosmetic palette, circa 3500-3200 B.C., carved in the form of a fish with a drilled eye, small incised mouth, and small protruding tail. It is pierced at the top for suspension. Estimate: £700-1,000.

Lot Number: 1229 - Pre-Columbian Aztec Stone Figure
A Pre-Columbian Aztec stone figure carved as a coiled serpent with an open mouth and protruding forked tongue. Estimate: £700-1,000.

Lot Number: 1047 - Edwardian Silver and Nephrite Casket
An Edwardian silver casket with nephrite panels on the sides, featuring a removable cover surmounted by a nephrite recumbent lion. Hallmarked by Frank Hyams Ltd, London, 1906. Estimate: £200-400.

Lot Number: 1054 - Edwardian Silver Novelty Pin Cushion
An Edwardian silver pin cushion modelled as a camel. Hallmarked by Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings, Birmingham, 1906. Estimate: £100-150.

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