Thornton and Downer were elected members of the Guild of Handicrafts and moved to Campden in 1902. A. Carruthers and M. Greensted (ed.) Simplicity or Splendour, Arts and Crafts Living: Objects from the Cheltenham Collections, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, exhib. cat. 1999, p. 153, cat. no. 202, fig. 179 (cf. log rake in the same design).