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    Furniture and Decorative Objects including The Private

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    12 May 2004

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    • A polychrome carved wood Tobac
    Lot 27

    A polychrome carved wood Tobacconists' shop display

    POSSIBLY CIRCA 1700 AND LATER

    Price realised

    GBP 3,824

    Estimate

    GBP 1,000 - GBP 2,000

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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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    VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium
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