Permanent Collection

  • Late 19th century
  • German
  • Height: 19 in.
  • Ceramic
  • Impressed "WS&S" W. Schiller & Sons, Bodenbach

Bohemian garden seat in monkey form with a blue captain's type hat rimmed with brown.  The monkey has long brown fur and blue / grey hands, his lips are orange.  His hands and  feet are crossed.  He is looking straight head and down - pensively.  Hallmark on bottom reads:  "W W & S".  (W. Schiller & Sons  Bodenbach (Bohemia) started in 1829.)  Promotional Tampa Bay Hotel brochures show this garden seat in the Solarium. 

Accession number: 1999.078