A Wonderful Early 20thC Venetian Butler / Dumb Waiter Stand Formed as a Blackamoor sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Most of these galloping-horse roundabouts

Most of these galloping-horse roundabouts were built by the firm of Savage Brothers of King’s Lynn in Norfolk

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

882 ft long

all of which are either alluded to or directly illustrated in this beautiful piece

he enjoyed sudden fame through a series of brilliant caricatures of famous personalities for the "Illustrated London News"

A Wonderful Early 20thC Venetian Butler / Dumb Waiter Stand Formed as a Blackamoor sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Most of these galloping-horse roundaboutsOrigin: 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