Americana, Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export and Prints

Americana, Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export and Prints

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Property from the Estate of Martin Shack

Carved and Polychrome Paint Decorated 'Native American' Tobacconist Trade Figure, 20th Century

Lot Closed

January 24, 08:31 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Martin Shack

Carved and Polychrome Paint Decorated 'Native American' Tobacconist Trade Figure

20th Century


Height 58 in. by Width 20 in. by Depth 19 in; Height with base 61 in.

This trade figure is a copy of the celebrated cigar store figure attributed an enslaved man named Job for a tobacconist in Freehold, New Jersey that is in the collection of the Fennimore Art Museum (acc. no. N0145.1961).