A pair of Italian polychrome painted and parcel gilded carved wooden and composition blackamoors in Baroque style, 19th century

each in a kneeling position with one arm behind the head and one arm on the hip, dressed in a scrolling foliate decorated blue and gilt tunic with a red sash, on a stepped rectangular base

Decoration refreshed in parts especially ebonising. Some very minor losses to painted decoration as visible from photograph. Old restoration to one of the hands behind the head on one of the blackamoors. Painting on the bases refreshed. Old minor restorations. In overall good restored condition.
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