Topic: engraved mouse...unsigned?

[Martyn K]

Seasons greetings to all...

any ideas who may have made this...I know little about these sort of things but thought the engraving was unusually good (finer than I was able to capture in the photos) 14cm (5 1/2in) high and surpisingly unsigned as far as I can see...?

many thanks.

[johnphilip]

I have seen a large one with very similar engraving it was signed Dartington if my memory is intact but it was quite a few years back .

[krsilber]

I've lately seen a few similar pieces on ebay that I believe were attributed to a Scandinavian, but can't seem to find them now.

[Anne E.B.]

I think Ekenas did something similar - an 'iceberg' decorated with a ship if I remember correctly.

[Martyn K]

Thanks all,

I should perhaps add that the engraving is all done by hand (if you know what I mean) it isn't cast at all which might not be clear from the photos, the block is nicely polished and finished, but I still can't find any sort of mark.

I wonder if Lesley Pyke might recognise it? I see on her site she sometimes uses Dartington blanks...

It has something of Mats Jonasson doesn't it, I had been thinking British was more likely, but suppose the subject wouldn't exclude Scandinavian...

BTW anyone recognise what sort of mouse it is? I assumed a common field mouse..

[Pinkspoons]

I think Ekenas did something similar - an 'iceberg' decorated with a ship if I remember correctly.

Yup, that was my J.O. Lake piece. The cleaved parts of that were much coarser than on this mousey one. I'm fairly sure I've seen something along these lines recently with a Dartington label, but I think it was decorated with an owl (if memory serves).

Ekenas piece:

[Frank]

A lot of engravers use Dartington blanks so without a signature very hard to trace and could even be a hobbyist.

[krsilber]

Mats Jonasson is the one I was thinking of, but haven't seen enough similar stuff to compare it to.

[Frank]

MJ casts their pieces and then finish by hand.

[krsilber]

I wondered about that.