Mouseman bread board

There's nothing like freshly baked bread and what better to cut it on than this fine English Oak board with its crumb-hungry trademark mouse.

Regarding the iconic mouse motif, it is believed that the trademark mouse came about after a brief conversation between Robert Mouseman Thompson and work colleagues who referred to ‘being as poor as a church mouse’ and thereafter Thompson carved a mouse into his works. 

Thompson formed part of the Arts & Crafts movement which became popular in the 1920’s. This creative era included British textile designer William Morris and Stanley Webb Davies, leading makers of Arts & Crafts furniture in the early to mid 20th Century. Mouseman furniture and small collectibles remain extremely popular to this day. 

Kindly donated by Mouseman