Sale 2398
New York
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21 April 2010
Price realised
USD 375
Estimate
A GILT-METAL AND GERMAN PORCELAIN MOUNTED WALKING STICK 19TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN ALMOST CERTAINLY DRESDEN The 18th century Meissen style rocaille-scroll porcelain handle as the head of a veiled woman extending backward into a T-shaped handle, the back painted with a landscape, the gilt metal ferrule repoussé with foliate scrolls on mahogany shaft with horn tip 35¾ in. (90.8 cm.) long, 4¾ in. (9.52 cm.) wide
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