Cane
Unknown Maker (handle made by the Saint-Cloud porcelain factory), French, 1683 - 1766
about late 17th-mid-18th century
Blue and white Saint-Cloud soft-paste porcelain knob handle, silver collar; malacca shaft
Overall: 34 5/8 × 1 11/16 in. (88 × 4.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Judith D. and Charles H. Hood, Class of 1951
2016.36.21
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Personal Gear: Cane
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Judith D. and Charles H. Hood (1929-2016), Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, date unknown; given to present collection, 2016.
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