Jonathan Cohen's photos
Still Life With Fake Carp – Covent Garden Market, London, England
Lanyards Sold Separately – Covent Garden Market, London, England
I Spy with my Little Eye ... A Pirate! – Covent Garden Market, London, England
ZHL String Ensemble – Covent Garden Market, London, England
Punch and Judy – Covent Garden Market, London, England
Redington's Toy Theatre – Covent Garden Market, London, England
Benjamin Pollock's Toy Shop – Covent Garden Market, London, England
"Segar Parlour" Highlander – Covent Garden Market, London, England
The sign attached to the pedestal reads: "The figure of a Highlander holding a flask of snuff was an indication that the shop stocked Scottish snuff. The 18th century laws that forbade the use of overhead signs because of the danger they posed to passing traffic left tobacco traders unaffected as their traditional emblems, carved figures, stood at the shop entrance. The Highlander went out as a regular use as a sign in about 1845."
Be that as it may, the positioning of the Highlander's arms suggests to me that he is holding a set of bagpipes -- not a flask of snuff.
Catching the Wave – Covent Garden Market, London, England
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