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

March 20, 2024: Americana - Day One

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Tobacciana
Lot 154

CONTINENTAL MONOCHROMATIC CERAMIC FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE

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

CONTINENTAL MONOCHROMATIC CERAMIC FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE, comprising one head example depicting a chubby-cheeked figure with sideburns and wearing a Scottish Balmoral hat and two mustachioed hunter examples, each holding a pipe and rifle. Marks to underside include impressed numerals and one with "WG" or "WC", one hunter having "L&C / 39" impressed to back. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 10 3/4" HOA. 
Literature: Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, head p. 32, fig. 105.

Condition

Standing hunter having a couple minor flakes to hat brim; sitting hunter having some restoration including to shoulder area, some flaking to interior; head having a glued chip to top flange, base having a painted over rim flake, a hairline between sideburn and ear on one side, and possible restoration to interior.

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