Live Auction 5989Christie's Interiors
A CARVED LIMEWOOD MODEL OF AN OWL
Lot 46

A CARVED LIMEWOOD MODEL OF AN OWL

BY THOMAS HENRY KENDALL, CIRCA 1880

Closed5 October 2010

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GBP 1,000

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A CARVED LIMEWOOD MODEL OF AN OWL
BY THOMAS HENRY KENDALL, CIRCA 1880
Perched on a rocky outcrop set on a coromandel veneered oval base with revolving top section
owl 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high

Christie's Stoneleigh Abbey, 15 October 1981, lot 249.

Specialist note

Thomas Henry Kendall (1837-1919) was apprenticed to James Morris Wilcox and after Wilcox's death in 1859, Kendall's father acquired the Warwickshire based concern. Kendall exhibited at the 1862 International Exhibition and was awarded two medals for his carving.