A Meissen porcelain cane handle, circa 1735-40
of curved form terminating in a bridled horse head, the base painted with a continuous harbour scene of merchants in conversation, above a gilt diaper panelled band reserved with cartouches of landscapes in purpurmalerei, on a gold-mounted tasselled Malacca,
the handle approximately 6cm., 2 3/8 in. long, overall 125cm., 49 1/4 in. long
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of curved form terminating in a bridled horse head, the base painted with a continuous harbour scene of merchants in conversation, above a gilt diaper panelled band reserved with cartouches of landscapes in purpurmalerei, on a gold-mounted tasselled Malacca,
the handle approximately 6cm., 2 3/8 in. long, overall 125cm., 49 1/4 in. long