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CONTINENTAL MONOCHROMATIC CERAMIC FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE, comprising one example depicting a sitting pirate with mutton chops, holding a sword and pistol in lap, one example featuring a boy astride a large dog, and one example depicting a gnome standing adjacent to an ice bucket with champagne bottle. Marks include impressed or incised numerals and boy/dog with "HB" to underside of boy. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 11 1/8" HOA.
Literature: Parallels Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, pirate p. 87, fig. 389.
Gnome example having some professional restoration to area on base and possibly bucket rim, flaking restoration to ice in bucket; pirate having detached but present thumb, probable professional restoration to tip of pistol and area on base rim; dog having areas of professional restoration including tongue, one ear, and rim (where saddle rests), possibly some additional paint touch-ups.
From the collection of Allen Gurst, Delray Beach, FL.