CONTINENTAL CERAMIC MUSICIANS FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE, each sitting on a molded base, comprising one depicting a man playing the zither, one featuring a young man playing a clarinet, and one depicting a long-haired romantic figure holding a violin. Marks to underside include impressed "BB", "JM", and various numerals. Bernard Bloch, Bohemia; Johann Maresch, Austria or Czechoslovakia. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 10 1/2" HOA.
Literature: Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, clarinet example p. 101, fig. 452.

From the collection of Allen Gurst, Delray Beach, FL.

Violinist undamaged; zither player's head detached; young man playing clarinet having some minute scattered flakes to base; each having some scattered glaze wear/loss.