A Rare c.1900 Papier-Mâché Tobacconists’ Indian ‘Black Boy’ Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Curios Many of the blocks are

Many of the blocks are marked ‘W

The frame is in very good condition with the easel back in sound operation

The primitive construction

Holt Leicester’

applied with the Royal Warrant between handles

A Rare c.1900 Papier-Mâché Tobacconists’ Indian ‘Black Boy’ Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Curios Many of the blocks areOrigin: 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