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

March 20, 2024: Americana - Day One

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Tobacciana
Lot 164

CONTINENTAL CERAMIC HUNTER FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE

Estimate: $100 - $200
Sold for
$147.60
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 HUNTER FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE, comprising one bust example depicting a figure with a monocle, feathered hat, and holding a rifle across his chest and two sitting examples with a rifle, including one grey-haired figure and one younger man wearing a hat. Marks to underside include impressed "JM", "BB" and various numerals. Bernard Bloch, Eichwald, Bohemia; Johann Maresch, Austria or Czechoslovakia; and other. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 11 3/4" HOA.
Literature: Parallels Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, sitting figure on stump p. 86, fig. 386.

Condition

Bust mostly undamaged, except having a minor flake to top underside edge and possible paint touch-ups; grey-haired example having some failing restoration to hat brim on base; figure sitting on stump having a minor chip to underside of hat brim and a chip above right knee with paint touch-up.

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