A GOLD-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN ORCHID-PURPLE GROUND CANE HANDLE
PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF HENRY C. AND MARTHA L. ISAACSON, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (LOTS 548-554)
A GOLD-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN ORCHID-PURPLE GROUND CANE HANDLE

CIRCA 1740

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A GOLD-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN ORCHID-PURPLE GROUND CANE HANDLE
CIRCA 1740
Of scroll form with the head of a pug dog at one end, each side with an ogival cartouche painted in the manner of Watteau with courting couples in landscapes, the tip of the handle with an iron-red oval panel of figures before a harbor, the gold mount with foliate scrolls, mounted on a modern bamboo stick
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long, the handle; 40½ in. (102.9 cm.) high, the cane overall

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