Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The first, an iron and...

Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The first, an iron and mixed-metal fuchi-gashira with trailing vines and bell flowers in shakudo, silver, and gilt copper; the second, a kabuto (helmet) ryusa netsuke; the third, a fuchi adapted as a netsuke with a tiger in gilt copper, illegibly signed on the underside []fu Jiro; the fourth, a silver Hyottoko mask-form netsuke which also functions as a water-dropper; the fifth, a copper mask netsuke of Okame which functions as an ashtray; the sixth, a silver and copper model of a kabuto (helmet), signed Noritsugu (6)
1 7/8in (4.7cm) wide, the largest