Porcelain Dress Cane

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By Kimball Sterling

May 24, 2025

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  Last quarter of the 19th Century The porcelain knob, with its basic stretched form, distinguishes out for its proportions, giving a perfect background for outstanding painting and brilliant colors thanks to its linear tapering body. It is marked by a large, circular, white panel micro painted in “Pourpre Camaïeu” to depict a flying dove grasping, what seems to be, an olive branch. The panel, which repeats in a similar but different version on top, is on a yellow-greenish backdrop with a float of golden dotted circles enclosed on both sides by two rich, wide and trailing golden laurel leaf bands. The image conveyed is nothing short of remarkable, evoking a powerful message of liberation and peace. The deep colors, the glaze, and painting style suggest a French origin, most likely Sèvres. The knob comes with plain and gilt collar on a laurel shaft that is beautifully veined and richly hued, and a brass ferrule. In any case, this cane is said to epitomize the utmost opulence associated with French luxury. Fortunately, it survived intact. Here it is necessary to discuss the porcelain paste itself. This porcelain knob differs from the others in that it is solid, while the others are hollow because to the needed molding and firing procedures. That is highly sought after for shock resistance and durability, but it obviously presents a substantial production issue. Indeed, it has been widely reported that only a small number of extremely talented artisans were able to achieve this, with a success rate of just one out of ten attempts. H. 1” x 2 ½”, O.L. 36 ¾” $600-$900 Camaïeu (also called en camaïeu) is a technique that employs tints of only one color to create a monochromic image or painting, intending to imitate a low relief. Pourpre is a deep purplish-red dye of animal origin, already in use among the Phoenicians. It is one of the major cultural elements of Mediterranean antiquity, a sign of honor and power perpetuated to this day by the vestments of the cardinals of the Catholic Church and the prelates of the Anglican Church.
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