Cigar Store Indian stock block.
(NP, mid-late c.19). Original 19th c. engraved wood block. 3 x 2 inches. The figure, smoking a long "peace pipe," leans against of a barrel of tobacco leaves (some poking out from behind). A box of cigars sits on the barrel. Item #19047
Number 2848 engraved on the side is the type foundry's stock number. Getty Images reproduces this exact image and states it was "Published in Systematischer Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon, Ikonographische Encyklopaedie der Wissenschaften und Kuenste (Brockhaus, Leipzig) in 1844."
According to Wikipedia "American Indians and tobacco had always been associated because American Indians introduced tobacco to Europeans. As early as the 17th century, European tobacconists used figures of American Indians to advertise their shops."
Price: $400.00