Lot 358A
SCOTTISH FOLK ART
A GROUP OF CARVED WOOD 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' FIGURES, 1950'S,
Auction: 8 November 2006 from 11:00 GMT
£598
Description
by George Boreham, including: Alice, 15cm high; the White Rabbit, 11cm high; the King, 20cm high; the Queen, 18cm high; the Mad Hatter, 20cm high; a large collection of animals and some additional accessories, including plant pots; a ladder; plates, cups and saucers (approx 40 items)
Footnote
Note: George Boreham was an engineer from Burntisland, Fife, who moved to Eastbourne in 1947. The idea for this group came when he was whittling driftwood on Eastbourne beach and completed it over the next twenty years, returning to Scotland in the 1950s.