A 19thC Carved & Polychrome Painted Venetian Blackamoor Wall Torchère sub-Curios illustrating books and producing a

illustrating books and producing a large number of etchings

the boxes have weakened at the sides and the books all have general wear

Date: The Specimens Collected from 1849 - 1862

whilst there is a later hanging wire attached to allow the panel to hang in landscape position for display

An early and wonderfully folky work and of a subject rarely depicted

A 19thC Carved & Polychrome Painted Venetian Blackamoor Wall Torchère sub-Curios illustrating books and producing aOrigin: Italian, Venetian Period: Mid Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 34. 5 Depth: 5 Width: 8. 25 (all at extremities) The polychrome painted wooden torchre figure of a blackamoor, showing traces of the original gilding, modelled in standing pose with a turban and one arm aloft holding a spiral torch issuing fruit and flowers with orifice for a light fitting and standing on a rocky outcrop, being flat backed for wall mounting, and