1: A 19TH C. TOBACCONIST FIGURE ATTRIBUTED SAMUEL ROBB

The carved and gessoed pine trade figure of a Native American princess depicted in yellow blanket and red dress with black fringe, tobacco leaves in her left hand and a band of orange and green tobacco leaves at the waist, the figure displayed on the original stepped and dovetailed wood base in layers of old black paint lettered TOBACCO on one side, the number 62 in circle on an opposite side, original cast iron wheels.
Measures 69 x 18.5 x 19 inches.
Very good condition, noting various iterations of old gesso, paint and re-paint.
Provenance: The Jerry and Cathy Mueller Collection, Sioux City, Iowa
$8,000 - $12,000