Featured Ivory, bone,or resin 3 Wise Monkeys?

My mother brought this statue back from storage in our attic, in Italy; it was bought 60 years ago.

I can’t ID the artist (signed on the middle monkey’s butt) or what it’s made of.

I do own antique ivories inherited; piano and statues, but this one has me baffled as it ticks boxes for all 3 types of ivory, bone and resin. Can anyone help me?

3 Wise Monkeys
WEIGHT: 630g
DIMENSIONS:
9.5cm tall (monkeys)
12cm wide (monkeys)
2cm tall base (not including monkeys)
It’s signed S.H.

It always feels cold, never becomes warm with touch. It’s smooth like glass, the carving is either smooth or sharp depending on which bit you are touching (fur is smooth, faces are sharp, etc). It’s incredibly heavy, 630grams!



The base feels like stone or resin, it has pock marks/fleabites, and lines. The monkeys have no hairlines fractures, cracks, pits/dots, or other telltale bloodvessel details. One broken ear reveals a rough cross-section/inside.

 

Welcome, Wolfrott. It ticks only the boxes for man made material for me. I see no indication for ivory at all & have to work hard to see any possibility of bone.

 

Very nice pics, Wolfrott.
Both the monkeys and the base are resin.

 

Don't work too hard.

 

Yeah, I suspected it, but the weight and the signature threw me off. Not sure why a synthetic would be signed. My resin figures are featherlight!

Does anyone know what S.H is?

 

Someone's attempt to convince you it's hand carved?

 

If it's Italian, I'll bet reconstituted marble.

 

"Sh...hhhhh! We resinate with meaning!"

 

@i need help, does not appear to be on Etsy in any way, shape or form.........

 

As for age, the time period you said sounds right to me. My parents had a thing for the "see no evil, hear no evil, say no evil" monkies in the 40s and/or early 50s. I think it was a popular theme at the time.

 

see no evil,hear no evil,say no evil,because we are the evil

 

Has anyone seen this mark on 3 WM statues before?

 

The mark is my profile picture

 

never seen that done before.....

please start your own new thread and give us proper sized pics so we can see the mark and the whole item.....and tell us what u already know about the piece...

help us....to help you !!

 

I have here a similar model (no idea what it is made from) I inherited this from my Nan. I have uploaded high res pics hoping that someone here may have some insight on material. this weighs 185 grams

 

Welcome, Dan! Please start your own thread so your item gets the best attention.

 

Hi sorry am new to this as in not posted on forums before. I saw this thread had a model which looked like mine and was asking same question as what I would like to know about my own figure.

 

Based on the look of the bottom I would say resin.