Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Day 3: Zelle Collection, American & European

Sat, May 14, 2016 09:00AM EDT - Sun, May 15, 2016 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1003

Johann Maresch

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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(Austrian, 1841-1921) four painted pottery figures: seated black boy whistling and reading a book, impressed "JM II 6483", 10-1/14 in., [surface wear;] bust-form figural tobacco jar depicting a man in straw hat and holding a watermelon, removable cover, impressed "JM 3373", [likely missing cover to watermelon, extensive surface losses to color verso;] two seated dandies with top hats, impressed "JM [star] 6797" and "6793", each approximately 5-1/2 in., [both with some color loss to tips of toes;] with painted glazed ceramic figure of a black banjo player, pedestal base, impressed "5407", [good condition,] (five pieces). Condition: . Provenance: Collection of Anne and Robert K. Zelle, Nashville, Tennessee and Gulf Stream, Florida