CONTINENTAL CERAMIC PIRATE / SEAMAN FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE

CONTINENTAL CERAMIC PIRATE / SEAMAN FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE (image 1/[null])
Pricing & History
CONTINENTAL CERAMIC PIRATE / SEAMAN FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF THREE, comprising one depicting a bright, colorful privateer holding a sword and gun, sitting on a molded base, one standing, slightly rotund figure with a knife in his red waist sash, and one seaman example sitting on a stone wall and smoking a pipe. Marks to underside include impressed "FGW", and various impressed numerals. F. Gerbing Witwe, Bodenbach, Bohemia; and others. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 10 5/8" HOA.Literature: Parallels Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, seaman p. 77, fig. 350 and colorful privateer p. 87, fig. 389.Condition Rotund standing figure with restoration to top including hat and head; privateer having sword repaired, restoration to one hand, and possible paint touch-ups to bottom; seaman having loss of pipe bowl, areas of professional restoration including body reassembled at waist, hat, and bottom.
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