Rococo Trade Card John Savell Tobacco Pipe Maker London Circa.1770 Theatrical Prints to paint the walls of

to paint the walls of Montague House (on the site of which is now the British Museum)

where he resided until 1795

Reynolds original painting is in The Wallace Collection

Inscribed in ink to backing sheet "bought by SE Knightly from a stall in the Market Place Florence 1857

Portrait miniature painting

Rococo Trade Card John Savell Tobacco Pipe Maker London Circa.1770 Theatrical Prints to paint the walls ofRare 18th. Century Copper Engraved Trade Card for John Savell Tobacco Pipe Maker in Featherstone Street near Moorfields London. Makes & Sells all Sorts of Pipes for Sea or Land, at Reasonable Rates. Text set within a Rococo cartouche with pipes and Masonic symbols. Printed on laid paper two old horizontal folds, mounted onto backing light foxing, with collection label of Ambrose Heal. Noted authority on London shops and trades. Ref. BM collection Heal