TWELVE FRENCH PORCELAIN CANE-HANDLES, TWO CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN EXAMPLES AND A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EXAMPLE

TWELVE FRENCH PORCELAIN CANE-HANDLES, TWO CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN EXAMPLES AND A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EXAMPLE
CIRCA 1740 AND SLIGHTLY LATER
Comprising: a St. Cloud crook-shaped example painted in red, turquoise and yellow with pavilions on islands and flower-sprays, the tapering tip painted as a beast mask; ten French porcelain blue and white examples of swelling cylindrical form, in sizes, perhaps St. Cloud, painted with lambrequins, pendant foliage, diaper-pattern panels and insects, one with minor rim chipping; a rococo-scroll moulded white example with pierced silver mount, perhaps St. Cloud, glaze chip and associated hairline cracking; a Continental porcelain example of swelling cylindrical form painted in a famille verte palette with Oriental and European figures in conversation; another Continental porcelain example of similar form painted with European figures in conversation in landscape, slight scratching and a Chinese famille rose example with landscapes, slight wear
The first St. Cloud example 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high (15)