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Bid with Confidence DUE TO HIGH POSTAGE COST I RECOMMENDED COMBINING WITH OTHER ITEMS. VERY RARE Robert Thompson "Mouseman" Oak Ashtray. About 10cm in length and 8cm in width. History: Robert (Mouseman) Thompson (7 May 1876 – 8 December 1955) was a British furniture maker. He lived in Kilburn, North Yorkshire, where he set up a business manufacturing oak furniture, which featured a carved mouse on almost every piece. It is claimed that the mouse motif came about accidentally in 1919 following a conversation about "being as poor as a church mouse", which took place between Thompson and one of his colleagues during the carving of a cornice for a screen.
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