A Carved Oak ‘Mouseman’ Fruit Bowl by Robert Mouseman Thompson (1876-1955) sub-Mirrors & Lighting The horse on bow rockers

The horse on bow rockers that we know and love today was a product of eighteenth century England and was popular with the wealthy with it being said they were used to help develop children's' balance for the riding of real horses

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The construction was given as a private commission to an excellent staff cabinet maker at the Royal College of Art and solid Cuban Mahogany was selected for the construction

A Carved Oak ‘Mouseman’ Fruit Bowl by Robert Mouseman Thompson (1876-1955) sub-Mirrors & Lighting The horse on bow rockersOrigin: English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 Diameter: 11. 75 Height: 2. 25 The beautiful mouseman fruit bowl, being a foot in diameter and with the lovingly carved iconic single mouse to the centre carved in the round, the sides being honeycomb adze carved to a stem base and the whole with a lovely deep patination and particularly good colour, surviving from the middle of the twentieth century from the workshop of Robert