A Wonderful Early 20thC Venetian Butler / Dumb Waiter Stand Formed as a Blackamoor sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles all round crookedness soon brought

all round crookedness soon brought its own reward

the front with 8 inch circular brass Roman numeral dial with ring-turned and twelve pointed star hatch-engraved centre within chapter ring with button-turned half hour markers and large Arabic five minutes to outer track

the patina giving it a nostalgic feeling of past letters once penned

They could be removed and cleaned professionally internally if so desired

the boundaries of colonial possessions are identified in colour and referenced to a key

A Wonderful Early 20thC Venetian Butler / Dumb Waiter Stand Formed as a Blackamoor sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles all round crookedness soon broughtOrigin: Venetian Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Height: 21. 5 inches Designed to hold ones business calling cards or tips from restaurant service, the polychrome painted Venetian wooden figure of a blackamoor modelled in standing pose with tasseled cap and necklace, holding on oval tray on rectangular base survives from the first quarter of the twentieth century. The overall condition would be described as very