Antique German Conta Boehme Oysters Sir? Porcelain Match Holder Striker Fairing for Sale

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Antique German Conta Boehme Oysters Sir? Porcelain Match Holder Striker Fairing For Sale

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Antique German Conta Boehme Oysters Sir? Porcelain Match Holder Striker Fairing:
$138.60

Antique German Conta & Boehme Oysters Sir?Porcelain Match Holder Striker Fairing
Please review all photos an details carefully.This is an amazing German fairing in amazingcondition with superior hand painted details.
a VictorianAntiqueGermanConta & BoehmeWhiteporcelain match holder strikerfairing, circa 1870's.Hand painted White porcelain whose colors are stillbright and vibrant after all of these years. Gilt withGoldaccents throughout and along the rectangularshaped base.There is atransfer-printed caption onthe sign "Oysters!" andanother on the front bottombase, "Oysters, Sir?"There are no chips, no cracks,no repairs.The bottom has the incise number 2691and beneaththat appears to be another incisednumber or letters. Thereis also a hand paintednumber (as seen in PICs).
Victorian fairings were prized trinkets. mementosfrom country fairs (hence known as a fairing).
There is a famous Black & White stereographentitled OYSTERS, SIR? in the National Museumof American History in which a woman standsbehind a table wearing a striped dress, hat tiedwith ribbon beneath her chin, right hand raisedand holding a knife; wooden bucket on the tablein front of her filled with oysters.The image dates back to the 1850s-1860s.
Weighs 7.3 ounces.
Measurements:3 and 1/4" in width, 2 and 1/8" in depth,4" in height.
BEYOND EXCELLENT ANTIQUE CONDITION.Super clean. No damage.No chips. No cracks.No repairs.Please magnify and view all photos.