A Rare c.1900 Papier-Mâché Tobacconists’ Indian ‘Black Boy’ Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The rustic pine top has

The rustic pine top has a wonderful patina

red silk hankerchief round neck

to explore the contents of this cabinet is to open a delightful Pandora’s box of medical history and curiosity

then John apprenticed to Timothy at Chesterfield

Fun was a Victorian weekly magazine

A Rare c.1900 Papier-Mâché Tobacconists’ Indian ‘Black Boy’ Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The rustic pine top hasOrigin: English Period: Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 15 Height: 21 inches Width: 8. 5 inches (at base) Depth: 3. 5 inches (at base) The painted papier mch advertising figure designed to be displayed in a shop window, probably to advertise tobacco, modelled as a young negro youth in white shorts with agog expression, his arms held out before him (probably once holding a pipe or plaque), and with three red indian feathers as a head dress