An Exquisite Collection of Five Late 19thC Ceramic Faux Mushrooms sub-Curios born in Germany in 1915

born in Germany in 1915

some 250 of them

The sheets were also decorated with oil paints

The Base: 8” tapering to 7

almost showman like and would make a befitting display cabinet for sideshow taxidermy or curiosities

An Exquisite Collection of Five Late 19thC Ceramic Faux Mushrooms sub-Curios born in Germany in 1915Origin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Height: 2 the smallest to 4 the largest The scarce group of five mixed funghi in biscuit, each exquisitely executed with polychrome decoration, naturalistically modelled and hand chiselled surviving from the late nineteenth century. Generally in very good condition each example has expected wear, though very minimal, with one or two very slight frits bit nothing of a serious