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

March 20, 2024: Americana - Day One

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Tobacciana
Lot 207

CONTINENTAL CERAMIC FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE

Estimate: $80 - $120
Sold for
$162.50
Sold Price includes BP

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 FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE, each figure having hands in their pockets, comprising one example wearing a beige coat and small green hat, one example depicting a man in his sleeping robe and cap, and one example featuring a boy in 19th century traditional Dutch clothing. Marks to underside include impressed "JM", "Austria", and "Czechoslovakia"; and others. Johann Maresch, Austria or Czechoslovakia; and others. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 8 7/8" HOA.
Literature: Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, figure in beige coat p. 74, fig. 336.

Condition

Man in beige coat undamaged; Dutch boy having a flake to bottom rim interior; man in sleeping attire having bottom rim with some scattered chips/flakes and a glued chip with adjacent loss/chip, and top having a chip to right arm and a flake to back.

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