Lot 85
85
A polychrome carved wood tobacconist's sign

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A polychrome carved wood tobacconist's sign
in the form of a highlander, shown standing in traditional costume, distressed, lacking arms and feet, with later associated oak stand, 18th century -- 41in. (104.1cm) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, Tobacco and London 1969. Pages 410-13.
Amoret and Christopher Scott, Tobacco and the Collector, Max Parrish, London 1966. Pages 126-33.

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