Figure (Monkey)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Milton Hoopes Pottery (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1842-1868

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (redware); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Hand modeled, Stamped (impressed)

  • Museum Object Number:

    1959.2269


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1959.2269

Object Name

Figure (Monkey)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Milton Hoopes Pottery (Maker)

Place of Origin

Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin is probable.

Date

1842-1868

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Earthenware (redware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Hand modeled, Stamped (impressed)

Dimensions (inches)

8.375 (H) , 2.5 (W) , 4.875 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.273 (H) , 6.35 (W) , 12.383 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
Published: p. 55, fig. 53.
[Book] Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1982 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
English salt-glazed brown stoneware seated monkey: p. 131, no. 91, Nottingham, England, seated, holding fruit, "M&A. 1767"; p. 163, no. 132, monkey as Napoleon, Derbyshire