Lot 265 — Mouse Reading on a Toadstool, Cast Stone Niche
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Lot 265 — Mouse Reading on a Toadstool, Cast Stone Niche

A cast stone plaque with a mouse tucked into a niche, reading a book on a toadstool.

Artist
Unknown maker
Dimensions
Not yet measured
Materials
Cast stone, wire hanging loop set in the back

Pickup only, South Loop dockNo shipping on this piece. Ye collect it at the dock in Chicago’s South Loop, and ye pick a pickup time once it’s paid for.

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SKU: WW-265 Category:

Description

A small cast stone block with a deep niche, and in the niche a mouse sits on a toadstool with an open book in its paws and its tail curled around the cap. More books are stacked at its feet and a second toadstool stands behind.

The casting is crisp where it counts: whiskers, pages, the gills under the mushroom. The back is flat with a wire loop set into it for hanging, so it can go on a wall or a garden fence, or simply stand on a shelf. Every ship has a mouse somewhere below decks, and this one at least is well read. A quieter cousin to the Speckled Stone Mouse, Lot 122.

Dock pickup in the South Loop is the plan for this one. It is small enough to ship, so ask if you need it sent.

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