RALPH M. CHAIT GALLERIES, INC .

WORKS OF ART • CHINESE ART

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RARE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT “URNE MYSTERIEUSE”

PISTOL HANDLED VASES AND COVERS, CIRCA 1795

Each with the secret design showing the silhouettes of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Made during the French Revolution for loyalists as a remembrance of the deposed monarchy. Height: 14 ⅞ inches (37.8 cm.)

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A rare pair of stoneware figures representing Commerce and Knowledge, possibly produced by Doulton & Co. of Lambeth, England, the figure of Commerce depicted as a youthful Hermes, the figure of Knowledge depicted as a youth with open book in proper left hand and stylus in proper right hand, English, ca. 1870, on associated composition stone pedestals.

Figures: 47 inches high.

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Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco Trade Figure

This unique version of Sir Walter Raleigh is one of the most historically significant tobacco trade figures known. With a solid provenance dating to its original creation, our acquisition marks the first time the figure has been publicly offered.

Attributed to the shop of Samuel Robb, New York, the figure was made for the J.G. Flynt Tobacco Company for the launch of their Sir Walter Raleigh Pipe Tobacco in 1884. The brand and figure were acquired by Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company in 1925 and the figure gifted to a company executive in 1964.

Illustrated in Cigar Store Figures in American Folk Art (p. 26).

White pine; retains an historic period paint surface. 79" high Booth