Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

March 20, 2024: Americana - Day One

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Tobacciana
Lot 166

CONTINENTAL CERAMIC DRINKERS / SPIRITS FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE

Estimate: $100 - $200
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Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

CONTINENTAL CERAMIC DRINKERS / SPIRITS FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE, comprising one full-bodied example depicting a standing man in a brown suit, wearing spectacles, and holding a frothing Hofbrau mug, and two bust-form examples including one holding a frothing mug and one holding a bottle and glass. Marks to underside include "BB", "JM", and various numerals. Bernard Bloch, Bohemia; Johann Maresch, Austria or Czechoslovakia; and others. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 11 7/8" HOA.

Condition

Bust with frothing mug mostly undamaged except having a flake to end of collar; bust with bottle having two minor flakes to glass rim, possible loss to interior flange on top, and some scattered minor flakes to rim interior on base; full-bodied example having restoration to hat and minor chip to tip of umbrella; most having some scattered glaze wear/losses. 

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