POSSIBLY CIRCA 1700 AND LATER

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A polychrome carved wood Tobacconists' shop display
Possibly circa 1700 and later
Modelled as a Blackamoor with crown and kilt of tobacco leaves, flanking a barrel inscribed GENUINE TOBACCO possibly a later replacement or addition, later re-decorated
32in. (81cm.) high

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell & Hyman,1969.
The Blackamoor was used as a symbol of the tobacco trade from the 17th century. Pinto has illustrated a comparable tobacconists' counter display (see fig. 436). The figure is also carved with a giltwood tobacco leaf crown and 'kilt', and dated to 17th century.

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