Acorn | Beaver | Cat | Cat and Mouse | Dolphin | Eagle | Fish | Fox | Full Fox | Gnome | Grasshopper | Hedgehog | Kingpost | Knight | Labrador | Lily Flower | Lizard | Mouse | Oakleaf | Owl | Rabbit | Seahorse | Snail | Squirrel | Swan | Tite | Tortoise | Unicorn | Viking | Woodpecker | Woodworm | Wren
This information is a work in progress compiled from several sources, with some conflicting details, so any help in correcting errors, will be appreciated, by leaving a comment
 | Acorn | George Grainger and son Alan Grainger (retired) formerly Acorn Industries, Brandsby, York |
 | Beaver | Colin Almack (dec): Sutton-under-Whitestone Cliffe, Thirsk (ex Mouseman) Beaver Furniture |
 | Butterfly | Andrew Conning: Tancred, Whixley, York Butterfly Furniture |
 | Cat (Long Necked) | Chris Checkfield: Whitby (retired) (ex Gnomeman) |
 | Cat and Mouse | Lyndon Hammell, Harmby, Leyburn DL8 5PD (dec 2015) (ex Mouseman) |
 | Dolphin | Peter "Dinky" Daynes: Balk, Thirsk (ex Mouseman) Old Mill Furniture |
 | Eagle | Albert Jeffray: Sessay, Thirsk (retired) (ex Mouseman) (dec 2013) |
 | Fish | Derek Slater, now Lizard 2 |
 | Fox | Malcolm "Benny" Pipes: Carlton Husthwaite, Thirsk (ex Mouseman) Fox Furniture |
 | Full Fox | Don Craven: Oldstead, Thirsk (ex Mouseman) |
 | Gnome | Tom Whittaker (dec 1991): Old Woodcarvers Cottage, Littlebeck Other References:
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 | Grasshopper | John Minikin: (ex Mouseman) |
 | Hedgehog | Nick Hill: Brompton, Northallerton (ex Mouseman) |
 | Kingfisher | Not known - suggestions it could be Herbert Bird (York) |
 | Kingpost | Kingpost Woodwork who traded until the late 50s from Burton Leonard, near Harrogate |
 | Knight | Knight Family: Balk, Thirsk Old Mill Furniture |
 | Labrador | Richard "Doug" Collinson: Brigg, N Lincs (retired) (ex Mouseman) |
 | Lily Flower (Arum) | Gavin Kirkbride, Northallerton (ex Mouseman) |
 | Lizard 1 | Martin Dutton (dec) (ex Mouseman) of Huby |
 | Lizard 2 | Derek Slater (retired) (ex Acorn): Woodcarvers of Crayke |
 | Mouse | Robert Thompson: Kilburn, Thirsk (The Mouseman) Robert Thompson's Craftsmen Ltd Mouseman Books |
 | Oakleaf | David Langstaff (ex Mouseman) Oakleaf Furniture: Easingwold and also by Fred Suffield (while working for Sid Pollard: Bagby) |
 | Owl | Albert Harrison |
 | Rabbit | Peter Heap: Oak Rabbit Craft, Wetwang (Closed) (ex Mouseman) |
 | Ram | Terry Harrington Craftsman & Cabinet Maker, Leyburn(ex Mouseman) Terry Harrington Craftsman & Cabinet Maker |
 | Salmon | Brian Bowes (ex Mouseman) |
 | Seahorse | Shaw and Michael Riley: Hessay, York Shaw and Riley Ltd |
 | Snail | ?? Alan Summerscales or Alan Haigh |
 | Squirrel | Wilfred Hutchinson (ex Mouseman) (dec 2013) and son Trevor: Husthwaite, Thirsk Squirrel Woodcarvers |
 | Swan | Graham Duncalf: Bagby, Thirsk (ex Eagleman) Graham Duncalf Furniture Maker |
 | Tite | Patrick Tite (ex Mouseman) (dec 2015) Patrick Tite - Fine Craft Furniture, Driffield, E.Yorks |
 | Tortoise | Bob Hunter, now Wren |
 | Unicorn | Geoff Gell: Coxwold Coxwold Cabinet Makers |
 | Viking | Roger Howard: Fulford, York (ex Mouseman) York Cabinet Makers |
 | Woodpecker | Stan Dodds (ex Mouseman) (dec 2012) Main carver at Robert Thompson for many years. Specialises in pheasants and other animals. Did a Rabbit originally, until Peter Heap started. |
 | Woodworm | Nigel Dixon: Topcliffe, Thirsk (ex Mouseman) English Hardwood Furniture |
 | Wren | Robert 'Bob' Hunter: Thirlby, Thirsk (ex Mouseman) Wren Cabinet Makers |
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Vendors of Yorkshire Oak (other than the firms themselves, mentioned above)
Arts And Crafts Company: Wiltshire
Ingnet Ltd: Kent and Barnard Castle
Puritan Values Ltd: The Dome, St Edmunds Rd, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6BZ
Ingnet Ltd: Kent and Barnard Castle
Puritan Values Ltd: The Dome, St Edmunds Rd, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6BZ
Vendors of Oak Furniture
Westway Country Furniture: Carlton Lane, Helmsley N Yorks YO62 5HB Jeremy and Jane Dzierzek
28 comments:
enjoy your reference to critters - re King post -please see
http://www.davidsiddallantiques.com/index.php/kingpost-woodwork
think that the 1940's/50's reference is accurate - not sure how it relates to the comtemporary company ....thanks, Jed LOWE
Thanks for the info. I have updated the entry. Arthur H
Hello just to let you know that on ebay this sunday im selling 9 critters from my own collection and your website has been very useful, but there is one that you have missed out (butterflyman) you are very welcome to use the photo. and bid if you so wish
thanks again Thomas
Very interesting blog. Thank you. Could I suggest you make one alteration please. Stan Dodds never used the Kingfisher and reference to him as a possibility should be changed. He did use the Rabbit and then the Woodpecker as stated. (I am related to Stan).Thanks again for the info.
@Phil Banks. Thank you for comments and corrected details about Kingfisher. I have updated the entry. Arthur H
hello
Just wanted to make you aware about my slowly growing trade mark.
I started with a labs head but once i found out that Richard Collinson used it i changed to a dogs Paw and have called my small business Duffa Furniture. please visit www.duffafurniture.co.uk or search us on Facebook. Thank you Peter Woodward.
Dear Arthur,
I should just like to inform you that the "tortoise" was a trademark for Duncan Armstrong who worked for Colin Almack("Beaver Man")at the Beaver Lodge Workshop at Sutton-Under-Whitestone Cliff between 1974 and 1986.Bob Hunter and his son David also worked for Colin at this time.
Kind Regards
Duncan Armstrong.
You've a figure missing. Acorn Industries was actually started by George Grainger, Alan's father, back in the mid-30s, after George parted ways with Bob Thompson. (I'm channelling my own father here, who's 90 and was a local farmer, and knew George and Alan, and Derek Slater, and Bob Thompson, and we have furniture from most of them).
George made a beautiful sideboard for my parents in the 50s, and at a roughly similar time he sold them a small adzed refectory-style coffee table, which is (interestingly) marked as Kingpost. I just asked my father about this, he said "There was a bloke over Knaresborough way who stopped trading, George bought all his plans and stock". That would tie in nicely with what you say about Kingpost's location and likely trading years.
As well as his son Alan, George trained Derek Slater, who then set up on his own. We have a glazed corner cupboard made in Derek's workshop, with the fish on it, signed underneath as "1977 J Warriner". My father remembers the (then-young) Mr Warriner (from Easingwold, he thinks) as Derek's apprentice. Where he ended up I have no idea, but he was (under Derek's supervision) clearly a fine craftsman.
Can anyone tell me anything about Mr Wilkinson, a furniture maker who worked from a workshop in South Kilvington near Thirsk until the mid 90s? He produced mouseman-style oak furniture to order but also worked in other woods and traditional styles. He refused to put a carved critter on his work, saying the furniture was signature enough. He wasn't an ex-apprentice of Mouseman, but clearly worked in the same area. I believe he retired to the north east. We have a few small pieces he made. A really nice man and great craftsman.
Thank you for your guide, it is very informative! Just to mention, David Duggleby's have recently published a guide to Yorkshire Oak which may be of use: https://www.davidduggleby.com/auctions/yorkshire-oak-mouseman.aspx
Also, I believe the unidentified 'Lily Flower' carver may be Gavin Kirkbride, based on the sale of this table.
There was Ian Warriner who worked for acorn industries at brandsby. Think he set up on his own later. He sadly died a few years back.
This might interest / make some of you smile - three mice per chair seems a bit over the top!
https://antique-collecting.co.uk/2018/11/06/rare-robert-mouseman-thompson-dining-suite-to-sell/
I have an Oak Jacobean style table and chairs with each piece having a carved spiders web. Anybody any ideas who the maker is.
I have an oak side board with a Man carrying an axe over his shoulder facing to the left, there is also an example of the the same fellow with his axe currently on ebay. the seller claiming it to be GNOMEMAN cica 1977. Any info appreciated. view item here.
Kind Regards James
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333107554705?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Hi. Just to let you know that the seahorsemen, Shaw & Riley, have a new website www.shawandriley.co.uk
Great page!
Arthur,
I would be interested to talk with you about a presentation on NY craftsmen which our local history society is planning to host in September 2020, please contact me by e-mail: simon.le.gassicke@gmail.com
@George Wetton
Thanks for the info re SeahorseMan.
I have updated the link.
Hi, I hope you can help identify who made our small table. The critter looks very much like a ear. Thank you
Hello Arthur, I have a freestanding solid beech (planks) kitchen worktop that I believe was made by a Yorkshire cabinet maker. It has a small bird carved on the back. I wondered if you could identify the maker? I have been in contact with Wren cabinet makers and they have said that it's not one of theirs. I could send you some images.
Best regards, AK
Could be Bob Wrenman Hunter of Thirlby?
Fox Furniture sadly no longer exists. Malcolm Pipes retired several years ago.
Thank you for a great resource
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