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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scoutshouse, post: 632149, member: 267&quot;]<a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173821263833#vi__app-cvip-panel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173821263833#vi__app-cvip-panel" rel="nofollow">RARE ANTIQUE SARREGUEMINES MAJOLICA ABSINTHE BROWN GLAZE MONKEY PITCHER EWER.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173821263833#vi__app-cvip-panel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173821263833#vi__app-cvip-panel" rel="nofollow">£69.99 + £18.00 postage</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173821263833#vi__app-cvip-panel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173821263833#vi__app-cvip-panel" rel="nofollow">0 bids</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>A 19th century French Barbotine faïence, stylized monkey jug produced by Sarreguemines, “Le Singe”. A grotesque representation of the monkey likely used for water in the ritual of drinking Absinthe. The mouth serves as the spout while the tail becomes the handle. The jug shows a brown treacle-like glaze, with dark pooling from the ears to the front of the face.&nbsp; Book reference: “Majolica Figures” by Helen Cunningham, pg. 59.</i></p><p><i>The pitcher has an all-over rich honey glaze, with darker detailing around the face and ears. It&#039;s believed&nbsp; the original design was a response to the outcry that attended the first publication of Darwin&#039;s Origin of Species, probably in the 1860s. Darwin&#039;s ideas on evolution were ridiculed by many, and he was lampooned and caricatured in many publications at the time. A great piece of antiquity and a must for any absinthe drinker looking for the relic pitcher! The jug measures 22 cm/8.75&quot; high.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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