Featured Over the moon with a recent buy.

I bought these the other day and they just arrived. What a fabulous buy. I am so pleased with them. I know exactly what they are and if you don’t know I will tell you after you’ve had a stab.

 

Love the jester ! Meissen ?

 

Is he a tobacco jar? I'm going with Conta & Boehme for him.

 

You are spot on. Conta & Boheme one man band tobacco jar.

 

Do I win him?

 

In your dreams.

 

I'll pay for shipping!

Not sure on her. The round face is bringing a couple to mind, but the narrow nose is throwing them out. Does she have intaglio eyes?

 

Not sure. She’s in my garden office and it’s too late to go out now.

 

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She’s actually another Conta & Boheme tobacco jar or humidor. Part of this series.This is a great book.

 

Psst John, you keep misspelling Boehme.

 

not trying to p*** on yer chips john, but your looks quite faraway from the ones in the book, does your have a mark ?

 

No mark and I know it's not the same but I'm happy that it's C&B. As the book says they can be standing or sitting.

 

Yes I realised that. Sorry

 

no worries john, im sure your right, the pictured ones just look mighty finer

 

They were on my short list, but it looks like she has intaglio eyes, a pinched mouth and the face shape just didn't look C&B to me. I missed that one!

 

The lady one looks like something else to me too, despite the book's description. The man (not clearly shown in the book) looks like he could be a C&B, from his facial details.

The lady's face and hands look too chubby, too "manly" for the delicate detail shown in the book.

 

I am curious what the bottom looks like and the inside. can we get pictures?

 

Here are some more pics. She is certainly not as fine as the ones in the book but as the text says the faces range in quality from delicate to poor.
She feels very much like the man who is definitely Conta and Boehme She has some incised numbers too.

I am going to list as possibly C&B although there were few other makers In porcelain

Just realised why I keep spelling Boehme wrong - autocorrect.