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

March 20, 2024: Americana - Day One

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Tobacciana
Lot 151

JOHANN MARESCH (AUSTRIAN, 1821-1914), CERAMIC FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF FOUR

Estimate: $100 - $200
Sold for
$137.50
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

JOHANN MARESCH (AUSTRIAN, 1821-1914), CERAMIC FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF FOUR, comprising a large example depicting a young man leaning against a sack and smoking a pipe and three examples depicting figures emerging from a sack including the Munich Child, a dog, and a mustached man wearing a hat. Each stamped "JM" including largest example marked to front with "No 144." below and one having "Czechoslovakia" to underside. Johann Maresch, Austria or Czechoslovakia. Late 19th/early 20th century. 10 1/2" HOA.

Condition

Munich Child mostly undamaged, having a flake to interior flange on top; dog having professional restoration to interior flange and possible paint touch-up to back of head; mustached man having head broken and reattached and a flake and a chip to sack rim; large example having pipe reattached, paint touch-ups to hat and jacket, and some minute/minor flakes to sack rim.

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