Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
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March 20, 2024: Americana - Day One

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Tobacciana
Lot 187

CONTINENTAL CERAMIC WOMAN FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE

Estimate: $80 - $120
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CONTINENTAL CERAMIC WOMAN FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE, comprising one example depicting a young lady wearing a red scarf and emerging from a sheaf of wheat, one featuring a sitting older woman possibly at one time holding needlework, and one depicting a sitting lady with basket of fruit at her side. Marks to underside include two impressed "BB" and various numerals. Bernhard Bloch, Eichwald, Bohemia; and other. Fourth quarter 19th/first half 20th century. 11" HOA.
Literature: Parallels Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, woman with basket p. 96, fig. 425.

Condition

Two undamaged, each having some scattered glaze wear; older woman having loss of item in right hand and some scattered flakes, mostly minor. 

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