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

March 20, 2024: Americana - Day One

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Tobacciana
Lot 163

CONTINENTAL CERAMIC WOMAN FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE

Estimate: $100 - $200
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$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
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$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

CONTINENTAL CERAMIC WOMAN FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE, comprising one depicting a tavern server holding a pitcher and wearing a heart-shaped necklace and two examples featuring market/kitchen women holding baskets with vegetables. Marks to underside include impressed "BU", "JM", and various numerals. Johann Maresch, Austria or Czechoslovakia; and other. Fourth quarter 19th/first half 20th century. 10 3/4" HOA.
Literature: Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, tavern server p. 94, fig. 416 and woman with vegetables p. 95, fig. 422.

Condition

Market/kitchen women mostly undamaged, except sitting example having a flake to base rim interior and standing example with some paint touch-ups; tavern woman with some scattered flakes and paint touch-ups; most having some scattered glaze wear/losses. 

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