Cigar store Indian by Samuel Robb, New York, Circa 1885. Figure holds a knife and bundle of cigars with tobacco boxes. Retains original base. Total height from floor is 74". As found condition with no restoration, surface shows lots of age, thick old paint that has crazed and worn to bare wood in areas, typical tight crack in back runs from top of head to bottom of dress. On cast iron wheels. Base reads one side "Try our Havana Filler Cigars Our Own Make Magazines Cigarettes. The other side reads Magazines Cigaretttes Tobacco Pipes Cigars Cigarettes.
74", Base 19 1/2" x 16" x 26".
Ex. Mark Goldman Collection.
PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: New York, United States
SIZE: 74" Base 19 1/2" x 16" x 26"