Live Auction 16270The Collector: English and European 18th and 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MONKEY TEAPOT AND COVER
Lot 223 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MONKEY TEAPOT AND COVER

CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER

Closed23 October 2018

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USD 22,500

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MONKEY TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Modeled seated, a chain about its waist, the spout formed as a baby monkey in its mother's arms, the handle formed as another baby monkey on her back eating an apple
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

With the Antique Porcelain Company, New York, 1963.

Specialist note

Compare the example from the Irwin Untermyer Collection, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, museum accession no. 64.101.200.