A pair of Meissen figures of Monkeys, circa 1750

modelled by J. J. Kändler, one chained to a tree branch wearing an apron filled with fruit, the other with its young, wearing a belt and holding a piece of fruit, one with traces of mark to rear of base, the other crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base respectively,

With Zell Antiquitaten, Cologne;
acquired from the above in 1958.

Both have some typical scattered small chips to applied leaves. The model with young: There is faint hairline crack extending through base from a firing crack on the underside, one branch lacking from bocage; The other model:The bocage branch has been re-stuck through middle with some old repair flaking, and there are some associated restored leaves.
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These models appear to have been exceptionally popular during the 18th century. Sale records of porcelain monkeys feature several times in the Livre-Journal of the marchand-mercier Lazare-Duvaux, including one entry for 16th December 1751 to Mme la Princesse de Royan, 'Un singe de porcelain de Saxe avec arbre et terrasse, 30 l.' Similar models from the property of the collection of Sir Gawaine and Lady Baillie were sold in these rooms, 1st May 2013, lots 71-73.