CONTINENTAL CERAMIC DRINKERS / SPIRITS FIGURAL HUMIDORS, LOT OF FOUR, comprising one large bust-form example depicting a mustachioed man holding a frothing mug, one full-bodied example depicting a rotund gentleman holding an empty mug, one example featuring a sailor sitting on a barrel and raising a glass, and one depicting an older man holding a baby in one arm and a frothing beer mug in the other. Marks to underside include "G&St", "BB", and various numerals. Bernard Bloch, Eichwald, Bohemia; Gerbing & Stephan, Bodenbach, Austria. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 12" HOA.
Literature: Parallels Horowitz - Figural Humidors, Mostly Victorian, bust p. 103, fig. 457.

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

Bust figure having moderate paint restoration and mug with chip to underside; rotund figure example having moderate paint restoration; man with baby having probable restoration to stump base and paint restoration; sailor having some professional restoration including to raised arm and neck, one leg detached but present.