A Meissen Monkey Band, 20th Century

after models by Johann Joachim Kändler, each modelled standing wearing typical dress and playing musical instruments, on scrolled moulded mound bases, comprising:

a conductor and music stand;

an organist riding another monkey;

a harpist, circa 1910;

a bagpiper;

a violinist;

a cellist

a bassoonist;

a flautist;

a recorder player

a hurdy-gurdy player;

a fife and drum player;

a drum bearer

a french horn player

a trumpeter;

a guitarist;

a triangle player;

a maracas player;

and four singers;

together with a small figure of a monkey eating fruit from a bowl, late 19th/early 20th century,

crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, various impressed numerals and date codes, numerals in enamels. 23 pieces.

height of conductor 7 1/8 in.

18 cm