James Wardle & Co. Majolica 'Monkey' Chestnut Serving Dish
Circa 1871
Naturalistically modeled as a spade shaped dish molded with chestnut leaves, the handle as a seated monkey in a lavender morning suit eating a nut, the branch handle terminal issuing buds, yellow line rim, impressed registry diamond (28-A-R-5) for 28 August 1871, parcel 5, length 10 1/4 inches; Together with a Mintons Majolica Glazed Chestnut Server. Date cypher for 1878, applied with an open chestnut, the leaves forming a half cover, the border molded with stylized sprays of leaves on a brown-ground, below a shaped rim, turquoise interior, impressed uppercase mark and M, shape no. 594 and black painted 13, width overall 11 inches.

Reference (James Wardle & Co. 'Monkey' Chestnut Serving Dish):
J.P. Cushion, Handbook of Pottery & Porcelain Marks, p. 185, listing the design as patent no. 255267. www.carters.com.au/index.cfm/item/912423 (as English).

Note (Mintons Glazed Chestnut Server): This model variation was designed for glazed chestnuts. Those with brazier inserts were designed for hot chestnuts.

Provenance (Mintons Glazed Chestnut Server):
Phyllis Lapham, Carmel, CA, March 21, 1986, invoice no. 5919.

Literature (Mintons Glazed Chestnut Server):
KL001509

Reference (Mintons Glazed Chestnut Server):
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 50. Rosalie W. Sharp, China to Light Up a House, vol. two, p. 188.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

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Monkey Serving Dish: Cracked beneath monkey and reattached.
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