Lot #300 - A rare Doulton mouse group by George Tinworth
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Auction House:Cordy's
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Sale Name:November 2014 Antique & Art Auction
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Sale Date:04 Nov 2014 ~ 9.30am (NZ time) (Lots 1 - 444)
04 Nov 2014 ~ 5pm (NZ time) (Lots 450 - 893) -
Lot #:300
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Lot Description:A rare Doulton mouse group by George Tinworth
celebrating the ‘Gunpowder Plot’, depicting a central mouse representing a behatted Guy Fawkes carrying a lantern, seated between two supporting characters; the domed plinth base inscribed: ‘I see no reason, why gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot’. Artist’s monogram incised to rear and factory mark impressed beneath. Tiny chip to one ear. Height 120. -
Notes:U.K. ceramic historian and author Peter Rose published a list of known Tinworth mouse/frog groups in the Royal Doulton International Collectors Club magazine in 1989 where an example of ‘Gunpowder Treason’ was illustrated; this is the only other referenced version of this model known and the only known example to have come on the auction market. (See staff for further information).
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Estimate:NZ$6,500 - 6,500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Ceramics & Porcelain
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