The monkey was given to my mum when she was a child over 50 years ago. She gave it to her mum and it was left with her until she recently passed away. The monkey is hollow inside and seems to have a red marking which looks like an 8 on the inside.
I've been told it could be 1900 circa, and be French Bisque possibly?
I have received this painting from a lady friend of mine that had passed on, she use to work at the federal reserve and later on for president Kennedy, she did a lot of traveling and loved to pick up paintings from around the world. This painting seems to be on some type of canves and is in it's original frame, the painting itself looks to be in fantastic shape. I can't seem to find out who had painted it, for the name down in the right hand corner is alian to me because I only know english, what I would like to know is who did the painting? Is he still alive? And could you give me any kind of a ballpark figure on the value of this painting? I really can't think of anything else to say about it except for it is a beautiful work of art.
This bench is made by Standard Chair of Gardner Inc. which is in Massachusetts. What I have found out from them it is a limited edition chair only made in 1976 for the 200 year anniversary of this country. They only made 250 of these bench which is all maple wood. I can't find anything else on line about this bench.
As for the condition I say good as it is not new and it does have a few (not many) real small scratches or petina. Who doesn't after 37 years of someone sitting on you.
THIS HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY NEARLY 80 YEARS , MY FOLKS USED TO HIDE IT FROM US KIDS , NOW WE ARE OLD ENOUGH TO LOOK AT IT , I CANT FIND NOTHING ABOUT IT ON THE NET, THIS PAPER WEIGHT HAS SEVERAL EROTIC IMAGES ..TAKE A CLOSE LOOK, ITS MADE OF IRON, WEIGHS ABOUT 4LBS...THERE ARE 5 "SCENES" ON IT..THE MANS EYE IS A VAGINA AND THE NOSE HER LEGS,,HIS MUSTACHE AND CHIN HAIR ARE TWO PEOPLE ENGAGED...THE BOTTOM IS A PENIS...ALSO TWO SCENES IN THE HAIR..I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN ANOTHER ONE
ANY HELP WOULD BE WONDERFUL , NOT TRYING TO SELL IT , JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT....EVER SEEN ONE???
