Cane handle
Date1749-1750
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(1745-1769)
Attributed to
Joseph Willems
OriginEngland, London
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsH: 2 13/16"; D: 1 13/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-71
DescriptionCane handle in the form of a girl's upraised head tilted to the right. Her brown hair with black streaks is gathered in a knot from which come several locks and garlands of flowers molded in relief and painted red, pink, blue, yellow, and green in overglaze.Late triangle or early raised anchor period.
Label TextIn spite of their vulnerable position at the head of a walking stick, a surprising number of porcelain cane handles have survived. The model for this example has been attributed on stylistic grounds to the Belgian, Joseph Willems, who prepared models at Chelsea for about eighteen years. If so, this was among the first pieces he produced there. The paste suggests a late triangle period, and Willems reached Chelsea no earlier than 1748.
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ProvenanceEx coll: M.G. Kaufman, Chicago
1833-1836
ca 1840
1979
1815-1830
1748-1751
1748-1751
1807-1815
Ca. 1800