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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4168587, member: 2844&quot;]I have no reason to believe your bookends are fakes. His family has continued the workshop, and work in the same style, but these look like they could be from the Mouseman&#039;s time, so first half of the 20th century. I love them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Robert Thompson first carved a mouse on church furniture as a symbol of the church mouse. It became his signature mark, and he was called the Mouseman. Later on he didn&#039;t just carve mice on his woodwork, but also other animals like otters and beavers, etc.</p><p>Whenever I used to visit Yorkshire, I used to stay in a place in Helmsley that had a lot of Mouseman furniture and even a Mouseman fireplace surround. The local pub, The Feathers, which was &#039;our local&#039; during our stays, also had Mouseman furniture. Helmsley is not far from Kilburn where Robert Thompson lived and worked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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