A polychrome carved wood tobacconist's figure

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A polychrome carved wood tobacconist's figure
in the form of a blackamoor, shown standing weaing a feather headdress and skirt, formerly holding a pipe, a tobacco plug in his right hand, on a later rectangular base, English, mid 18th century -- 32¾in. (83.2cm) high

Literature

James Ayres, British Folk Art, Barrie and Jenkins, London 1976. Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y. 1977. P.41
James Ayres, British Folk Art at Freshford Manor, the magazine ntiques, New York, June 1971. Fig. 5.

Lot Essay

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

A similar lot was sold by Sotheby's, The W.J. Shepherd Collection of Treen, Wednesday 30th November 1983, lot 393.

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