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Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain cane handle, painted in enamels. Watteau-esque figures within scroll-work in slight relief
History note: Belonged to the donor's grandfather, John Laing.
Given by Miss Caroline Nias in memory of her mother, Lady Nias
Height: 3.5 cm
Width: 4.4 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1929) by Nias, Caroline, Miss
18th century
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
Accession number: C.22-1929
Primary reference Number: 73246
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Cane handle" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73246 Accessed: 2023-06-01 03:40:02
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Accession Number: C.43-1932
Accession Number: M.101-1961
Accession Number: C.8-1950
Accession Number: O.17-1985
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