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A LARGE SCOTTISH POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD SHOP FIGURE OF A HIGHLANDER
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A LARGE SCOTTISH POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD SHOP FIGURE OF A HIGHLANDER

19TH CENTURY, REDECORATED

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A LARGE SCOTTISH POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD SHOP FIGURE OF A HIGHLANDER
19TH CENTURY, REDECORATED
Mounted on a later ebonised plinth
75 in. (190.5 cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

From the early 18th century Glasgow was an important port for tobacco. Carved and painted figures were often used as advertising shop signs (see E.H.Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, London, 1969, pp. 410-130). It is possible that the present figure of a highlander may have stood outside an outfitters shop rather than a tobacconists.