A polychrome carved wood Tobacconists' shop display

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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