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Particularly known for his gamebirds, he was an obvious choice to produce the porcelain mounts for this set of four silver menu holders by the Birmingham maker Sanders & Mackenzie in 1939.

At George Kidner (19% buyer’s premium) in Wimborne on December 15 the set was estimated at £700-1000 and sold at £1200.