MINTON & CO.
MAJOLICA 'MONKEY' GARDEN SEAT, 1867
£10,000
Auction: 16 April 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
modelled as a crouching monkey holding a coconut with a blue tasselled cushion on its head, on a woven mat canted square base, impressed cipher and uppercase MINTON marks, mould number 589, date cypher for 1867
Dimensions
45cm high
Footnote
Literature: Jones, J. 'Minton', 1993, p.148 where an example is illustrated.