Featured Strange brooch, metal monkey riding a carved horn monstrous fish!

Hi all!
This thing is so cool, I had to have it!
10€
Those tiny glass eyes cracked me up...
If any...one has a story to tell about the subject, I’d love to hear it.

 

Oh, wonderful, I love it. A 19th century novelty brooch?
No idea about the story, but I'm sure there is one.

 

I agree with you for the era.
For the story, is it becoming actuality... monkey pox?

 

They've started a vaccination program here. I desinfect my hands anyway because of Covid, but not looking forward to a double epidemic.
What's it like in France?

 

Same, but not enough vaccine available yet for people who'll need it
Those who got pox vaccine during their childhood are protected, phew!

 

Here they are starting with HIV patients and people who take PrEP.

For me it is bringing back sad memories from the AIDS epidemic, and the friends I lost, including my best friend. My 'heart friend' as we say in Dutch. His photo is still on my desk.

Oh, great news, so I am safe too! I have the marks to prove it.

I just checked, and our ministry of health says it is very likely that the smallpox vaccination we had does indeed protect against monkey pox.

 

That's the very first I've heard about old protection from (I assume) Smallpox vaccination. I'll look into that promptly...what a nice bit of good news. Thanks!

 

Those eyes look Chinese, in several ways...to me, anyway.

 

It crossed my mind too.

 

Yes, in many Continental languages smallpox is called pox.
(I guess we don't think it small)
Certainly good news. I hope the younger people get vaccinated soon.

 

are the reins fixed to the top of the mouth or can they be moved to the corners ?

A close up of the mans face would be perfick

where's the monkey ?

 

Maybe it is someone's idea of Jonah and the Whale. Maybe he rode the whale to Nineveh.

 

There once was a guy named Jim,
He thought he'd go out for a swim,
Next thing he knows, he's on the backend,
Of Grampusa, his new best friend,

About the best story I got for you

 

Close up in pic#3 for the reins folded in a loop inside the mouth.
The "man" is the monkey! Hair engraved in the metal, a faint shape of a tail curved on his knee in pic#2

 

Love your story!
I'll name him Jim from now

 

Kyra.....u find the nicest things.....

 

I still don't see a monkey but a "beast"
the physique isn't very monkeyish
thats why I asked for frontal face and other parts ( tail etc )

and are the reins fixed or movable ?
I find the position of the head pulled back like that, very aggressive
ie: not a joyride then ?

ps I love it too, but I'm sure we can get closer to the fable behind this

 

Will take new pics tomorrow, hoping they will be helpful, the details aren't crisp as it is not silver, rather small and not well defined.
The reins aren't fixed, only a loop folded inside the mouth.
For sure, the fish seems to fight against the rider

 

try moving the reins to the corners of the mouth, less violent

 

Not a Bible story, for sure. Jonah got his ride from the inside.