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Figure (Monkey)
1830-1900
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic or South; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1962.0647
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1962.0647
Object Name
Figure (Monkey)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic or South; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin Pennsylvania or the South.
Date
1830-1900
Subject(s)
- Animals
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Hand modeled
- Stamped (impressed)
- Incised
Dimensions (inches)
5.157 (H) x 2.48 (W) x 3.74 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.1 (H) x 6.3 (W) x 9.5 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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