Two Carved Boxwood Figures: Fiddler Nutcracker,
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Description
Two Carved Boxwood Figures: Fiddler Nutcracker, Captain Cigar and Match Holder, 19th century
9-1/8 inches high (23.2 cm) (taller, Captain)
The lot comprising carved screw-form nutcracker of a jovial fiddler with grotesque smile atop figured plinth, cigar and match holder in the form a sea captain wearing tricorne hat and carrying basket to reverse, lower plinth with round cigar bays atop reeded plinth.
9-1/8 inches high (23.2 cm) (taller, Captain)
The lot comprising carved screw-form nutcracker of a jovial fiddler with grotesque smile atop figured plinth, cigar and match holder in the form a sea captain wearing tricorne hat and carrying basket to reverse, lower plinth with round cigar bays atop reeded plinth.
Condition
Large chip to base plinth to reverse of Fiddler, age-related cracking throughout Fiddler, light chipping to lip and hat trim of Fiddler, chipping to nose and front of hat to Captain, chipping to rim of basket to reverse of Captain, base and Captain figure may be a possible marriage, basket to Captain likely re-affixed, with wear commensurate with age and use.
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Two Carved Boxwood Figures: Fiddler Nutcracker,
Estimate $1,200 - $1,600
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