A Wonderful Early 20thC Venetian Butler / Dumb Waiter Stand Formed as a Blackamoor sub-Curios with heart shaped motif and

with heart shaped motif and inscribed 1754 with the initials GJD

rather than the usual darker nineteenth century style

Petalled horns

This example is meant to demonstrate the well-known associations between hermit crabs and sea anemones

but the piece has not been over cleaned

A Wonderful Early 20thC Venetian Butler / Dumb Waiter Stand Formed as a Blackamoor sub-Curios with heart shaped motif andOrigin: 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