Lot 80
80
A Derby model of a monkey
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A Derby model of a monkey

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A Derby model of a monkey
wearing a tricorn hat, flowered jacket and breeches, modelled standing playing a pipe, before a tree stump, on a scroll-moulded mound base, circa 1758 (head and right arm broken and restored, other minor damages and restoration) -- 19cm. high
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Lot Essay

Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures (1990), p. 411 where he suggests that the models were based directly upon the Meissen Affenkapelle rather than contemporary Chelsea examples. Also see the example sold at Sotheby's English Pottery And Porcelain 22 October 1968, lot 81.

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