Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Auction: October 7, 2014 11:00:00 AM EDT
Modeled as a seated monkey, his arms wrapped around a coconut issuing a bamboo stalk spout, his elongated tail curled up to his shoulder to form the handle, impressed "Mintons", shape number "1844" to base.
H: 6, W: 8 3/4, D: 3 1/2 in.Provenance: Property from the collection of Debra and I. Michael Coslov, Haverford, PA.
Marilyn G. Karmason, Joan B. Stacke. Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey. Henry N. Abrams, New York, 1989. pg. 56 (illustrated on frontispiece).