William Brownfield & Sons Majolica Monkey and Goose Pitcher / Vase
Circa 1880
Naturalistically colored, modeled as a gaping graylag goose with a pigmy monkey standing on his back peering down his gullet, the monkey forming the handle, on a green mound base, unmarked, black painted 32. Height 13 5/8 inches.

The design for this model was registered in February of 1880.

Literature:
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 190, figs. 23.1 and 23.4.

Exhibited:
'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-1398; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.155.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

presents well, professional restoration to the lower beak spout and to a small area at the right of the bird's tail feathers at the base, examined under blacklight

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