A Rare c.1900 Papier-Mâché Tobacconists’ Indian ‘Black Boy’ Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Curios we can presume it was

we can presume it was used at one time to portray the hero

He also understood but never gave the idea up

Many of the blocks are marked ‘W

Bridgwater

The original water within has now reduced to about two centimeters deep due to natural evaporation over more than a century and what would have been the snow chips are now remnants of dirt

A Rare c.1900 Papier-Mâché Tobacconists’ Indian ‘Black Boy’ Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Curios we can presume it wasOrigin: 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