'Look, look, a mouse!'
- King Lear (IV, 6)
The carved and gilded oak candlesticks which stand by the Abbey's nave altar were designed by Sir Charles Peers and made by Robert Thompson - whose traditional mouse emblem can be seen carved at the base.
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ALT The nave altar in Westminster Abbey, dressed in a green and gold fontal, and with two large candlesticks standing beside it
ALT A close-up photograph of the base of a candlestick, carved with the small figure of a mouse