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Figurines3029 of 3870Japanese wooden hand carved figurines. Bought in Japan in the 60's by a sailor on tour during the Vietnamese war. Swan mouse
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    Posted 10 years ago

    pmallett
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    Hello,

    My wife recently purchased this ceramic monkey at auction - they described it as being Burmantofts in style. However we can't find anything similar from Burmantofts. We have found similar designs being listed as French Majolica, and even Japanese - but I don't trust the authority of those listings.

    I have included a shot of the base (monkey3.jpg) - there are no markings - and also a couple of unglazed patches?

    The colour comes out more blue in the photo - it's actually more turquoise in real life. We were at Saltaire today, where they have a large collection of Burmantofts in the Hockney Gallery and the blue of the monkey is definitely the same 'blue' as the Burmantofts on display.

    Any help would be hugely appreciated.

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    1. Shaunheales, 1 year ago
      Hi , I have exactly thee same monkey , identical to yours , even the unglazed marks on the bottom , did u ever find out any more about it

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