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THBPorcelain Dress Cane
Lot 60
About Seller
Kimball Sterling
125 West Market Street
Johnson City, TN 37604
United States
Family-owned and family-run Johnson City Tennessee auction business for 25 years. Selling antiques and collectables for 38 years. Kimball M. Sterling, Inc. was founded and is owned by Kimball and Victoria Sterling, time and again, they have laid solid claim to world-wide attention and renown with an...Read more
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By Kimball Sterling
May 24, 2025
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Ca. 1850 The 18th-century French style influenced the design of the straight, stretching porcelain knob. It is modeled in low relief with a larger panel of twisting rinceaux, framed by baroque scrolls and shells on the body, and topped by a widening pommel with en suite ornaments, all embellished with a pale blue enamel color and highlighted with gold. The pommel, round and slightly raised, features a similar pale blue enamel paint and bears the black and white “GT” initials of its original owners. The overall taste draws direct inspiration from Juste Aurèle Meissonier's drawings, as well as the legendary designs of desire found in Louis XVI textile ornaments. It is refinement in its purest form, a celebration of French aesthetics. A rosewood shaft with remarkable streaks and rich red hues and a horn ferrule graces the knob. This cane carries a cachet that needs no introduction. It is pure indulgence in an exceptional and fascinating relic of French grandeur. H. 3” x 1 ½”, O.L. 34 ¼” $400-$600 Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (born 1693/95, Turin, Savoy—died July 31, 1750, Paris) was a French goldsmith, interior decorator, and architect, often considered the leading originator of the influential Rococo style in the decorative arts. Early in his career Meissonier migrated to Paris, receiving a warrant as master goldsmith from King Louis XV in 1724 and an appointment as designer for the king’s bedchamber and cabinet in 1726. He had a powerful and fertile imagination; his fantastic grottoes and swirling, animated, asymmetrical metalwork designs combined contrasting and original motifs. As a goldsmith, he was remarkable for the boldness of his designs for such objects as snuffboxes, watch cases, sword hilts, and tureens.
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