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Offline Sue C

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FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« on: September 25, 2008, 05:28:26 PM »
What do you think of my jug? is it a monkey or chinaman? i think he is a bit spooky !
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Offline Carolyn Preston

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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2008, 01:01:22 AM »
Not sure, but either way, I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley at night.  :hlp:  ;D

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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2008, 04:44:45 AM »
lol.. :abduct:

He looks like the Xmas * Grinch *...and YES spooky.

Is that just a stylized H on the bottom Sue?
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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2008, 09:05:07 AM »
Perhaps it is The Monkey King.

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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2008, 09:30:46 AM »
 I think the mark on the base is either J I, or D I, the other way round T P ?? but i keep thinking i have seen this somewhere before.

Looking at it again i dont think it is a monkey, because of the nose and his hat.
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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2008, 11:58:24 PM »
...but he is UGLY  :24: and scary to me, but at least HE IS HAPPY, grinning the way he does.  It is a HE, I hope.  If it is a woman - then it just got scarier....<boo> 
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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2008, 06:17:11 PM »
He looks sort of leprechaunish to me. Irish perhaps?
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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2008, 03:26:37 PM »
You might be right there Christine, another alley to look down,
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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2008, 03:09:30 AM »
a Chinese monk?
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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2009, 12:07:40 PM »
Bumping this for ChimpMad Bryan to take a look at :)
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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2009, 09:57:28 PM »
Thanks Anne, I appreciate the thought  :rse:
What a splendid looking chap, I love the Grinch comparison, there is a touch of Seuss about him.
To my mind his features are more Pacific Islands than Chinese, not as 'fierce' looking as Maori but possibly more towards the Samoan area, though of course none of this means that that was where he was made. Like Sue, I seem to think that I've seen the mark before but can't place it, but I will have a dig through some books once they're unpacked (so it may be a while!).
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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2009, 10:03:10 PM »
And I've just realised why the mark is familiar. It's similar to the mark of Jane Hamlyn, who set up the Millfield Pottery near Doncaster, so that at least was a potential blind alley I avoided  :good:
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Re: FUNKY MONKEY OR CHINAMAN ?
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2009, 12:54:09 PM »
You may want to look in the direction of the Palmer Cox "Brownies".  The piece looks like the glaze may a tin based, majolica style typical of the late 19th century (1880-90's).  The Brownies were created by Cox in the 1880's and became quite popular appearing in the Ladies Home Journal and numerous other publications.  Each Brownie had a distinctive physical appearance, one was dressed as a stereotypical Chinese peasant (which may be this representation).  I've had a number of different Austrian majolica forms depicting Brownies (candles, bud vases), but from the pics this looks more British.
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