Boy Bagpiper with a seated Monkey: C.3215-1928

Titles

Boy Bagpiper with a seated Monkey

Maker(s)

Factory: Le Nove Porcelain Factory

Entities

• Figure group

Categories

• Hard-paste porcelain

Description

Glazed hard-paste porcelain

Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and glazed. The figure stands on a low circular base with a tree stump at the back. The underside is convex and has a deeper depression under the stump. The boy has curly hair, partly covered by a broad-brimmed hat turned up at the front and decorated by two feathers. He wears a shirt, a jacket, breeches, stockings and buckled shoes. He stands on his left leg with his right relaxed at the knee, and extended behind him. He turns his head to his left as he blows a bagpipe which he holds in both hands. He has his left foot on the lead of a monkey who is seated beside him on the viewer's right. The monkey wears a hat and jacket with a frill round the neck, and holds a stick behind his back with both paws. On the ground in front of him there is an apple.

Notes

History note: Puttick & Simpson, London, 8 October 1920, part of lot 126; purchased for £2.12.6 with the two other figures in the lot by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Place(s) associated

• Le Nove ⪼ The Veneto ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Late
Antonibon-Parolin period
Circa 1780 CE - 1790 CE

Note

Le Nove is situated near Bassano del Grappa in the Veneto.

School or Style

Rococo