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Lot 166*

A rare Doccia cane handle, circa 1750

3 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,845 inc. premium

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A rare Doccia cane handle, circa 1750

Modelled in the shape of a lady's head, 7.5cm high

Footnotes

A white example is in the Museo di Doccia, Florence, illustrated in G. Bezzaz and C. Dike, La Canne Objet d'Art (1988), p. 252, together with a variety of other Doccia cane handles modelled as heads. In the archives of the Doccia factory there is mention of terracotta models of various types of cane handles shaped as heads; Vi si trova un buon numero di teste di terra cotta che servivono per i pomi di mazza e altre diverse cose [...], see: Klaus Lankheit (Die Modellsammlung der Porzellanmanufaktur Doccia (1982) p. 100.

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