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An Unusual 19thC Treacle Glazed Jug Formed as a Monkey & Converted into a Chamberstick sub-Curios The overall patination and colourOrigin: 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