Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 1 - 29th June 2022
Lot 213
A CARVED AND PAINTED TOBACCO ADVERTISING FIGURE
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £800
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Description
A CARVED AND PAINTED TOBACCO ADVERTISING FIGURE
LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
modelled as a European looking man wearing a red and gold coloured hat, a black cloak and gold coloured waistcoat and holding a later clay pipe, with an iron suspension staple to his back and on a domed base
61cm high
Literature
Pinto (E H), Treen and other wooden Bygones, 1969, p. 412 for a discussion on carved and painted tobacco advertising figures and plates 436-440 for some other examples.