A CARVED AND POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF A 'HIGHLANDER'
A CARVED AND POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF A 'HIGHLANDER'
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A SELECTION OF PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GARY HERMAN DUBNOFF
A CARVED AND POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF A 'HIGHLANDER'

POSSIBLY THE WORKSHOP OF SAMUEL ANDERSON ROBB (1851-1928), NEW YORK, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A CARVED AND POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED CIGAR STORE FIGURE OF A 'HIGHLANDER'
POSSIBLY THE WORKSHOP OF SAMUEL ANDERSON ROBB (1851-1928), NEW YORK, LATE 19TH CENTURY
90 in. high
Provenance
Sold, Christie's, New York, 26 January 1985, lot 109

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Highlander figures are most often associated with snuff stores. With his outstretched hand, this figure is likely holding out a pinch of snuff. For a similar example of a Highlander figure attributed to the shop of Samuel Robb see An American Sampler: Folk Art from the Shelburne Museum (Washington DC, 1987), p. 105.

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