An Unusual 19thC Treacle Glazed Jug Formed as a Monkey & Converted into a Chamberstick sub-Antiques historical

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alluding to the age old adage ‘Waste not Want Not’

affection and erotic love

geometrical animal and flower patterns

These sailors were knowledgeable about their ships and their surroundings and were skilled at drawing on canvas and then transforming a simple sketch into a vibrant and detailed study

An Unusual 19thC Treacle Glazed Jug Formed as a Monkey & Converted into a Chamberstick sub-Antiques historicalOrigin: British Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Width: 5 inches (at maximum) Depth: 6 inches (at maximum) Height: 11. 75 inches The caramel glazed pottery jug modelled as a monkey with pierced mouth, converted sometime in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century to a chamberstick, the crown of the monkeys head removed to make way for a spelter and bakerlite(?) shaped rod and candle holder the base of squat onion