porcelain, polychromed and gilt, 21 items: guitar player height: 14,5 cm, flutist with transverse flute height: 14,5 cm, barrel organ player height: 14,5 cm, flutist height: 13,5 cm, trumpet player height: 14 cm, harpist height: 12,5 cm, harp with small firing crack, mark with ground line, violinist height: 13,5 cm, bagpiper height: 14,5 cm, bass drummer height: 14,5 cm, drum bearer height: 13 cm, bassoonist height: 14 cm, bass violinist height: 12,5 cm, triangle player height: 13,5 cm, pianist height: 13,5 cm, flutist with drum height: 15,5 cm, orchestra master with sheet music stand height: 18 cm, 9 cm, French horn player height: 15 cm, lady singer with green collar height: 13 cm, lady singer without collar height: 12,5 cm, lady singer with light blue collar height: 12,5 cm, lady singer with red collar height: 13 cm, Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords 19th cent., model by Johann Joachim Kändler ca. 1747 (Ru)

Lit.: VEB National Porcelain Manufactory Meissen; The series of musical monkeys was modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler ca. 1750, based on French models. The male monkeys are portrayed as musicians, the female as singers. In 1765, the monkey orchestra was restored and completed by Peter Reinicke. According to tradition, it represents a caricature of the orchestra employed by Count Brühl.