The Japanese Tea Bowl must have been very respected for it to have been repaired with gold lacquer and now be in a museum. I do not know the names of the makers of any of these works but the porcelain vase looks very modern. Someone had fun sculpturing the mouse photographer and his model.
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Hi Bruce, I don't recall the name of the potter who made the Japanese tea-bowl either. But I can help with the small model of the mice. The piece is by by George Tinworth who is a particular favourite of mine. Two mice ( Tinworth's signature animal) taking a photograph. Remarkable that this piece was modelled by Tinworth in the 1870's right at the beginnings of photography. Tinworth was an important modeler and decorator at Royal Doulton.
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