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Cane Handle

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
France (made)
Flanders (historical region) (made)

This is an ivory handle of a cane made in about 1850 in France. The curving cross-piece is terminating in a cluster of four cherubs, one on top of the other; the two topmost hold a ball between them. In style it broadly resembles figures after François Du Quesnoy. However the sweeping form of the whole suggests it is a historicizing piece of the mid-nineteenth century.


Object details

Categories
Accessories
Personal Accessories
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Cane handle
Materials and techniques
Ivory, carved
Ivory
Carving
Brief description
Cane handle, carved ivory, four cherubs playing, France, ca. 1850
Physical description
Cane handle of carved ivory. The curving cross-piece terminates in a cluster of four cherubs, one on top of the other, the two topmost holding a ball between them.
Dimensions
  • Length: 16,82cm
Object history
Bought for £10 in 1874 from the Webb Collection.
Subjects depicted
Boys
Ball
Cherub
Summary
This is an ivory handle of a cane made in about 1850 in France. The curving cross-piece is terminating in a cluster of four cherubs, one on top of the other; the two topmost hold a ball between them. In style it broadly resembles figures after François Du Quesnoy. However the sweeping form of the whole suggests it is a historicizing piece of the mid-nineteenth century.
Bibliographic references
  • Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, Part II, p. 95
  • List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1874, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., p. 15
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013 p. 452
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, p. 452, cat. no. 497
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
205-1874

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Record createdSeptember 16, 2008
Record URL
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