LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A pair of Venetian polychrome and parcel-gilt blackamoor torcheres
Late 19th Century
The serpentine top decorated with medallions and scrolling foliage on a simulated-drapery frieze, supported by a blackamoor wearing a breast-plate and breeches, standing at the prow of a gondola, on a faux porphyry hexagonal stepped base, decorated with flower garlands
23¾ in. (106.6 cm.) (2)
Late 19th Century
The serpentine top decorated with medallions and scrolling foliage on a simulated-drapery frieze, supported by a blackamoor wearing a breast-plate and breeches, standing at the prow of a gondola, on a faux porphyry hexagonal stepped base, decorated with flower garlands
23¾ in. (106.6 cm.) (2)