Mother monkey teapot with two babies
On the belt a chain with a lock; the monkey baby on the back holds an apple with a removable lid to pour the tea
Meissen model by Johann Joachim Kaendler 1735, cast and decoration soon after, crossed swords mark on unglazed bottom, 6.7 inch high
Provenance: Coll. Ritter Kempski von Rakoszyn (cat.-no. 2); Coll. Kommerzienrat Jacques Mühsam, Berlin (Auction catalogue Glückselig, Vienna 27.4.1925 no. 55)
Description
Kaendler created the mother monkey teapot in 1735. It is noted in his work record of July 1735 (Pietsch, Arbeitsberichte p. 33 no. 11): ‘Teapot in the shape of a monkey, with a baby on its back and another held in its arms in front, from which the tea is poured. It is corrected and in proper order. It sits on a small pedestal base and is fastened to it by a padlock and chain’
Comparative pieces:
- Coll. Hermine Feist
= Staatliches Museum Berlin, list of new acquisitions since 1933 no. 125 p.166
= Hofmann: Europäisches Porzellan, pic. 441 p. 406 - Cécile Higgens Museum Bedford
= Savage plate 37c - Coll. Gustav von Klemperer (no. 485 plate 80)
- Röbbig: Selected works 2005 (p.95)
- 75./76. Ahlden 1992 (no. 432)
- Sotheby’s 02.06.1959 (no. 150 with fig.)
Literature
Pietsch, Ulrich: Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissner Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706 – 1775. Leipzig 2002
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