Cigar Store Indians

This bas relief wooden cigar store Indian sign has been caved into a single plank of poplar wood.

This folky hand carved & painted cigar store Indian is a table top or counter Indian.The paint is a over paint so typical of these counter cigar store Indians to be repainted time & ...

This magnificent and extremely rare cigar store Indian princess, attributed to the renowned artist Samuel A.

This folky tabletop hand-carved and painted cigar store Indian is in fair condition with a shrinkage crack at base.

Statue: 58" high x 16" deep Pedestal: 12 ½" wide x 16 ½" deep x 12" high Perhaps the most distinct and recognizable form of American folk art, the cigar store Indian was once...

I'm guessing that this is a cigar store Indian. It's not holding cigars but must be an early advertising display.

This very folky hand carved cigar store Indian is in good condition with exception to the crack or separation of the wood consistent from age and use.

This hand carved & painted cigar store Indian head had a Cigar sign hanging below it at one time.The condition is good with normal wear & tear from age and use.

19th century hand-carved and painted cigar store Indian head. This size Indian head was used in the windows or store counters in the cigar shop.

This amazing all hand carved and all original undisturbed surface cigar store Indian was found in the mid west. The condition is very good with shrinking cracks through out the enti...

THIS FANTASTIC TWO PIECE 19THC OVER PAINTED CONCRETE AND CHALK STORE FRONT CIGAR STORE INDIAN IS IN GREAT CONDITION.MINOR PAINT LOSS DUE TO BEING OUTSIDE/BAD WEATHER HAS BEEN FULLY R...

brightly painted wood Indian figure standing on platform. Detailed carving of Native Dress.

Vintage hand carved wood sculpture in the shape of a Native American man in a large feathered headdress, holding a package of cigars. Signed on the base “Sue Elliott 6/88.” The word ...

Excellent dry and original surface. Museum numbers written on arm, as seen in images. Indians attributed to Brooks have sold in excess of $100K and are in many major museum collections.

This early sales character was used the same way as a Cigar Store Indian. It shows a Moor and represented products from exotic places.

THIS EARLY HAND CARVED INDIAN CHIEF WAS FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA AND FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN PHILADELPHIA .IT HAS AMAZING ORIGINAL PAINTED SURFACE AND CARVING.THE CONDITION IS VERY...

These horses were used like cigar store Indians as come in's for ice cream shops and soda fountains.

brightly colored seated Indian Chief with tobacco pipe

He began his company in New York City in 1870, and oversaw it until his death in 1900, after which it ceased operations, His carousel animals were widely imitated by competitiors, b...

She was a gourmand and a connoisseur; she owned an antiques shop on island for many years, and the Opera House was renowned for its crazy and eclectic decor of antiques (for instance...

An antique Hiawatha cigar store portrait bust offers polychrome chalkware construction in the form of an American Indian warrior, c1900 Measures - 28.5"h x 17.5"w x 10"d Catalogue ...

Cigar store Indians appeared in the 1600s in Europe and were used by tobacconists.

American Cigar Store Indians became popular in the mid-late 1700s.

An iconic cigar store Indian statue, featuring an Indian chief in traditional headdress.

This fine hand-carved counter top cigar store Indian was found in New Mexico and has the original mess bag wrapped around his foot.

The American Cigar Store Indians first came into popularity in the late 1700s.

Imposing and Iconic: Large American Carved Cigar Store Indian Chief, Standing at 2.4 Meters Tall.

Imposing and Iconic: Large American Carved Cigar Store Indian Chief, Standing at 2.4 Meters Tall.

Wearing an elaborate headdress and in a look out stance while holding cigars in one hand. On a stepped mottled base. Condition: diagonal crack across the chest.

19Thc Original hand carved cigar store Indian in amazing condition. Sign in the lower base carved ELEA.The patina & surface is the very best and it is untouched surface.

This large impressive early sales character was used the same way as a Cigar Store Indian. It shows a Moor's character head to represent products from exotic places.

Often placed outside of a shop, the cigar store Indian became less common in the 20th century for a variety of reasons.

A lifesize cigar or tobacco shop Indian Princes trade sign This charming and very rare piece, is believed to have come from prewar North of England, she is fine example of an Amer...

Illustrated with over 100 color plates and 700 black-and-white of cigar-store Indians, whirligigs, scrimshaw, gravestones, toys and more.

The subjects are described as follows- Civil War Drum About 1860, 1890 Fire Helmet, Fireman's Ax, Fire Trumpet 1877, Cigar Store Indian, 19th..., Conestoga Wagon, About 1800, Cock W...

Carved wood cigar store Indian holding a bow with quiver of arrows on it's back.

Original American Carved Cigar Store Indian Advertising Statue. It came from a private collection where it was for over 30 years.

A carved pine cigar store Indian princess with an early, in-use painted and gilded finish.

Acquired from Walt Disney Studios prop storage warehouse. There were two of these, this one stood in front of the Frontierland rifle range, the other on Main St. (we sold that one la...

Classical draping and form, possibly cut from larger figure for use in a theater

A standing figure of an antique American cigar store Indian hand carved from a solid block of timber with traces of the original paint from the United States circa 1880.

see Fried, Artists in Wood, p.183;
provenance available

From Disneyland's Frontierland, cigar store Indian trade figure. If you can't afford $75,000.00 for a antique wooden one, were offering this alternative, an older fiberglass one with...

Samuel Robb's carvings are in several museum collections as one of the great carvers of Cigar Store Indians and shop signs in NYC in the 19th century.

They were sold mainly on the East Coast. The cigar store Indian sculpture was widely used in tavern and shop signs of the 18th century.

This original watercolor painting by San Ildefonso Pueblo artist Jose Roybal (1922–1978) beautifully captures the ceremonial Pueblo Harvest Dance, a celebration of community, traditi...

Colorful Alaskan three figure winged totem. Carved and painted by Marlin Alphonse. Noted on back "purchased by Brad and Hazel Ritter on board Royal Princes, Sitka, Alaska 1986. His n...

Figure of a Chanting Warrior Ceramic with bitumen highlights 300-600 CE (Classic Period) Mexico, Veracruz, possibly Nopiloa Veracruz Culture Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz culture...

Fabulous quality turn of the 19th century pair of religious painted stained glass arched windows. Set in oak and bent wood frame. Beautifully depicting the teachings of Jesus. "Suffe...

Sioux bow and quiver with beaded bands on top and bottom on both bow and quiver case. Bow 46" of bodack with original sinew string and three 24" matching arrows, two having 2 1/2" or...

This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...

A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...

This painted limestone relief is an exquisite example of New Kingdom relief carving from the apogee of Egyptian artistic production. Carved in raised relief - a labour-intensive tech...

A large American Western, Native American oil on canvas landscape, by Frank Paul Sauerwein (1871-1910), "The Captive", 1901. This large oil on canvas depicts a Native American brave...

Set of ten Weinhold Reis colored lithographs of the Blackfeet; period frames - Scalping Woman; Wife of Night Shoots; Lazy Boy; Blackfeet Medicine Man; Long Tim Pipe Woman; Wife of th...

Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)

This exceptional 77-piece complete service by Fabergé is a rare treasure from the world-renowned firm. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and ...