A very rare biscuit ewer and cover in the form of seated monkey circa 1725

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Description

height: 21.5cm

with short curved spout cupped in his hands, the top knot of his hair forming the cover, his fur covered with a thin wash of manganese leaving his face and hands unglazed; together with various fragments from similar ewers, including two heads and covers (15)

Catalogue Note

the form was also made at several European factories, most famously at Meissen and continued to be popular into the 19th century with majolica examples being made at Minton in the 1870'