CAST-METAL BUST FIGURAL CIGAR LIGHTER / MINIATURE LAMP
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Description
CAST-METAL BUST FIGURAL CIGAR LIGHTER / MINIATURE LAMP, with some gilt highlights, depicting the bust of a man with a tooth-form necklace, mouth supporting a cigar which serves as a wick, supported by a square-form base and a placard at stem marked "M Pocontaba / ERSTER HAURTLING / Makoko's", top with a hole for implement. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 6 1/2" HOA, 2 3/8" x 2 1/2" base.
Literature: Parallels Terranova / Congdon-Martin - Antique Cigar Cutters & Lighters, p. 94, bottom left.
Provenance: The collection of Larry Spradley, Beaumont, TX.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 5/30/2015, lot 127.
Ex-collection of Rick Hornwood of Camarillo, CA.
Literature: Parallels Terranova / Congdon-Martin - Antique Cigar Cutters & Lighters, p. 94, bottom left.
Provenance: The collection of Larry Spradley, Beaumont, TX.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 5/30/2015, lot 127.
Ex-collection of Rick Hornwood of Camarillo, CA.
Condition
Very good overall condition with expected wear, losses to gilt decoration, base of bust and plinth connection with a separation and denting, lacking dip.
Buyer's Premium
- 24.5%
CAST-METAL BUST FIGURAL CIGAR LIGHTER / MINIATURE LAMP
Estimate $100 - $150
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