c. 1860s Hand Carved & Painted Venetian Polychrome Blackamoor Gondolier Torchier antiques Sugar+Lid: 5 3/4" Tall x

Sugar+Lid: 5 3/4" Tall x 6 1/2" Wide / 334 g

(gathering wheat/tending the land

They are both signed and personalized as a gift from the artist

On the bottom is an acid etched mark

c. 1860s Hand Carved & Painted Venetian Polychrome Blackamoor Gondolier Torchier antiques Sugar+Lid: 5 3/4" Tall xA beautiful unrestored c. 1860s hand carved with Venetian polychrome blackamoor gondolier torchiere with its original paint. The figure is standing on the end of a gondola holding a oar in one hand and a candle pan in the other. The entire figure and base is hand carved and entirely hand painted. The base is a linen draped hand painted column giving it some height. The candle pan, paddle, body of the statue, and linen draped column come off into four