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Painted wooden sign for a tobacconist's shop

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Used in Edinburgh

Painted wooden sign for a tobacconist's shop
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This sign for a tobacconist's shop was made by J. Steele of Edinburgh in 1835. It is a figure of a Moor smoking a long clay pipe. This figure was used as a shop sign for several Edinburgh tobacco shops throughout the 19th century.

Tobacconist's shop sign in the form of the figure of a Moor in colourful costume smoking a long clay pipe, inscribed 'J. Steell, Edinr. 1835'

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