CONTINENTAL CERAMIC FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE
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Description
CONTINENTAL CERAMIC FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE, comprising one example depicting an artist sitting on a stump and holding a sketch pad, one bust-form example featuring a bald man holding a pen or a brush, and one head example depicting a sharp dressed mustachioed man wearing a hat. Marks to underside include impressed "JM", "BB", and each with various numerals. Johann Maresch, Austria or Czechoslovakia; Bernard Bloch, Eichwald, Bohemia; and others. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 10 1/4" HOA.
Literature: Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, artist p. 90, fig. 397.
Provenance:
From the collection of Allen Gurst, Delray Beach, FL.
Condition
Gentleman head having flaking paint to collar, a hairline to back of head, and restoration to hat; artist having some areas of professional restoration/paint touch-ups to top and bottom; balding man having paint touch-ups/restoration to front collar and pen/brush reglued.Â
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