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 Scottish costume, holding a mull in his left hand and a pinch of snuff in his right, on an integral circular base, late 18th/early 19th century -- 37½in. (95.2cm) high

Literature

James Ayres, British Folk Art, Barrie and Jenkins, London 1976. Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y. 1977. P.39.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Page 412, a comparative example is illustrated plate 436. Amorett & Christopher Scott, Tobacco and the Collector, Max Parrish, London 1966. Pages 126-33.

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