Posted 10 years ago
kivatinitz
(342 items)
Two weeks ago Sergio bought at the flee market of the weekends two figurines. The seller, a young woman was convinced that their were Capodimonte and that what was impressed was an N thus, she ask a fery high price for each on 35 U$. Sergio told her more than once that this were german figurines. After four month without selling them we could had them for almost half the initial price. This one is a match holder and strike and the other (behind and publish separately) is a spill vase . Sure they were a set, perhaps for a smoking table. Early Conta & Boehme pieces are unmarked, but after the late 1870s they adopted the mark of a crooked arm holding a dagger (picture two), earlier pieces tend to be better, as the pieces lost definition with wear and tear on the moulds. http://antiques-art-collectibles.com/collectible/ceramics/fairings.html. In this one the mark resembles more and N than in the other in the accompanying post. The girls are pretty waring vestiment typical of 1915-1920. We have a little collection of match strikers and holder. I decided to post them all.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/141358-a-rare-hummel-goebel-match-holder-and-st?in=user
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/141366-a-sterling-english-match-holder?in=user
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/141367-a-german-silver-match-holder?in=user
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/141320-antiques-match-holders-match-boxes-and?in=user
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/136248-a-fairing-conta-and-boheme-figurine
