Code: 10905
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This rare survivor is heavily cast in white metal most likely spelter with very fine detail and beautifully hand painted in a rich palette of autumn colours. This particular model has delicate and vulnerable parts such as the pistol and horse’s reins which would often be damaged or missing. In this case everything is complete and the original cold painted finish is in excellent condition. The purpose of the figure is a novelty table lighter modelled on the infamous figure of the highway man; Dick Turpin sat astride his horse. The lighter is housed in between his coat tails which withdrawers. This element would be filled with lighter fuel and struck down the small steel channel just below his elbow producing a spark and igniting the lighter. The figure is mounted onto a polished wooden plinth with its original green baize. Circa 1930
Height 23cm x width 25cm x depth 10cm
