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Bernhard Bloch's Cork Yanker

These twin terracotta cork yankers were produced by Bernhard Bloch in Bohemia 1899 -

1900. Bernhard Bloch of Eichwald, Bohemia (now the town of Dubi, Czech Republic),

was one of the top producers of figural tobacco jars, gnome figures, and other figurines.

Reinhold Berndt wrote

―

The print on the bottom

Vervielfältigung vorbehalten

. In my

opinion this piece has been produced once, but the manufacturer had a proviso clause

(?) to keep the possibility of a serial- or mass production [a form of copyright].

‖

The BB mark on the bottom of the figures was used by Bloch in 1889 and 1900. The

number 4195 is the pattern number.