Figures on Oak Pedestals the pedestals late 19th century, figures 20th century, each figure in the form of an elaborately dressed ebonized boy with one hand upstretched and holding a staff, 53 in., each now resting on a well-carved oak pedestal, 32 in.. Condition: casting flaws and surface anomalies largely as made, pedestal bases with scattered cracks to appliqués and at laminations, scattered surface distress. Provenance: Private Collection, Hendersonville, North Carolina casting flaws and surface anomalies largely as made, pedestal bases with scattered cracks to appliqués and at laminations, scattered surface distress