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Seated Monkey: C.836-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Seated Monkey

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

Cream earthenware press-moulded,splashed and streaked in manganese-brown under lead-glaze.

Dark cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with random splashes and streaks of manganese-brown under lead-glaze. The monkey is seated on a shallow rectangular base with wavy sides, which is concave and glazed underneath, and has a ventilation hole under the figure. The monkey is seated with its right paw on its right thigh, and its left paw raised to put a fruit or other food into its mouth.

Notes

History note: Puttick & Simpson, London, 22 May 1925, lot 164; bought by Mack (the porter) for £5.5s on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II or George III
Circa 1755 - 1770

Note

The figure was attributed to Thomas Whieldon in Rackham's 1935 Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection, (1935)

Components of the work

Decoration composed of oxide colour ( manganese-brown)
Surface composed of lead-glaze
Base Length 8.2 cm Width 5.5 cm

Materials used in production

cream Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: part of a rectangular white paper label with a blue line edging

  • Text: illegible
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Illegible
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.836-1928
Primary reference Number: 76204
Old object number: 4538

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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