CONTINENTAL CERAMIC FIGURAL HEAD HUMIDORS, LOT OF FIVE

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CONTINENTAL CERAMIC FIGURAL HEAD HUMIDORS, LOT OF FIVE, each wearing a hat including one wearing a deerstalker cap and one wearing a circular-style example, one having sponge holder top. Marks to underside include impressed "BB", "JM", and various numerals. Bernard Bloch, Eichwald, Bohemia; Johann Maresch (Austrian, 1821-1914), Austria or Czechoslovakia; and others. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 5 3/4" HOA.Literature: Parallels Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, blue coat example p. 35, fig. 119. Condition Deerstalker, circular-style hat, slouched hat examples having some restoration/paint touch-ups; head with brown hat and sideburns having a minor flake to hat brim and some restoration/paint touch-ups to bottom rim; head in yellowish orange cap having moderate professional restoration.