Six Mennecy (duc de Villeroy) pistol-shaped chinoiserie knife-handles and another similar, perhaps St. Cloud
Six Mennecy (duc de Villeroy) pistol-shaped chinoiserie knife-handles and another similar, perhaps St. Cloud

CIRCA 1735

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Six Mennecy (duc de Villeroy) pistol-shaped chinoiserie knife-handles and another similar, perhaps St. Cloud
Circa 1735
Painted in turquoise, red, yellow and underglaze blue with an Oriental child among flowering shrubs, rockwork, fences and a pagoda, fitted with curved steel blades (five with restoration to ends), the handles about 3 in. (9 cm.) long; the other example painted in a famille rose palette with an Oriental woman, a shrub and a pagoda, fitted with a tapered steel blade, the handle 3 in. (7.5 cm.) long (7)