Antiques so interesting

[tinkerbell23]

Been visiting houses recently and noticed this strange table or stand in a house . Wooden of a black man sort of 1930s a waiter.. Yellow and red with black face ... Can't find the exact one online .. Not that I am eyeing it up lol just wonder if they'd worth anything? Mabye not toPC thesedays .... Any ideas!? Anyone have one!? Very slim
built x

[boxtops]

I know exactly what you mean, there was a question on yahoo about the same thing but no reply

http://uk.answers.yah...20100309114917AAis5Gm

This sort of thing
http://www.invaluable...ter,-t-1-c-r79f05uxji

They were very popular in the 30s I believe when the jazz era was all the thing

[tinkerbell23]

Yeah very similar but very basic looking slim made hardly even 3d with a really rounded nose that ones quite Intracite this is a basic kind of cut out looking thing!! Really cartoon like! Kinda cool never seen anything like it! Thanks fr that x

[fredpuli47]

There are thousands of reproduction figures like this about, most noticeably, and curiously, in the South of France, where the market for art deco and jazz age figures is very strong.Every furniture shop in Nice seems to have a range of them It may be that the originals were first made there; I haven't come across one in America.
Most serve as side tables, for use in parties as a place to put bowls of nuts, olives etc.They are not much practical use otherwise, but they are decorative.

[shaneystar2]

These were also a popular woodworking hobby for chaps years ago .I remember my Mum having one in the front room . He was a painted as a bellboy .
You could get a pattern,which was usually in the hobby magazines of the time to put on ,say, thin plywood which was then cut out with a fretsaw and then the design was traced onto it and then painted on both sides .
My Dad did two Mickey Mouse ones and put a seat across the middle for me when I was child :)

[tinkerbell23]

How lovely! It really caught my eye xxxx