the Pipe and Tabor compendium

the Pipe and Tabor compendium

essays on the three-hole pipe

European Decorative Arts

monkey orchestra figures

18th - 21st century
These figures originated in the 18th century, initially by the porcelain company of Meissen. They were copied by other companies and then recopied numbers of times. Hence the variety. Meissen still make their version. The pipe and tabor player was a member of a standard orchestra at Court and is still used to day in some orchestras in France.
1753-80 Meissen
1747 Meissen

Sitzendorf

21st century Aelteste Volkstedter
1753 Meissen candlestick
(broken arms)
1756 Chelsea
1756-8 Chelsea 1765 Meissen Germany
drum missing
20th century Meissen
Victorian
red shirt

1880-1920

early 20th century Sitzendorf

early 20th century Sitzendorf

Sitzendorf

 

late 19th /early 20th Century
20th century
20th century
20th century

Meissen, 20th c
yellow shirt

red & green drum
1950's copy,
Andrea by Sadek
no pipe
vestige of drumstick

copy

Please note that all these images are copyright.
Contact the museum or library concerned if you would like a larger copy or a better resolution image. If no link is given the item was sold at auction, sometimes individually and sometimes as part of a collection of monkey orchestra figures.


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