Nine Trompe L'Oeil Models and Boxes Comprising: pineapple-shaped box and cover; onion shaped box and cover, two baskets filled with eggs in two sizes; three sardines, an asparagus spear. Each modeled and painted realistically. Sold together with a terracotta peapod filled with eggs. The larger eggs in basket made in Italy; the aspagus spear incised GOLDBERG. Many items not marked. Italy and elsewhere. Late 20th Century. 7 1/4" H., the pineapple. the onion 4 3/8" H. x 3 1/2" Diameter. Sardines 8 1/4" L., the longest. 6 1/2" L., the asparagus stalk Minor losses to pineapple leaves. The sardine tails with hairlines and one example with the tails glued back to main section of body. Diagonal crack to pea shell near third pea from right side.