c. 1860s Hand Carved & Painted Venetian Polychrome Blackamoor Gondolier Torchier antiques On the bottom is an

On the bottom is an acid etched mark

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

(gathering wheat/tending the land

Some minor paint loss

Daniel Folkmann Andersen won the gold medal for a new glazing technique – the Persia-technique

c. 1860s Hand Carved & Painted Venetian Polychrome Blackamoor Gondolier Torchier antiques On the bottom is anA 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