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A FRENCH CROOK-SHAPED CANE-HANDLE
CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY DUC DE VILLEROY
Formed as a dolphin and painted in iron-red, blue and truquoise with a dancing man holding a bottle above the inscription "tu prefere Bacus à Venus" beneath flowering branches--2½in. (6.5cm.) high
CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY DUC DE VILLEROY
Formed as a dolphin and painted in iron-red, blue and truquoise with a dancing man holding a bottle above the inscription "tu prefere Bacus à Venus" beneath flowering branches--2½in. (6.5cm.) high