Hardwood Porcelain

Antique tray with Art Nouveau wood panel with landscape decoration. In very nice used condition, circa 1900. Beautiful Art Nouveau wooden tableau framed by wood. Wooden Handles. ...

Charming Victorian hand painted porcelain tile of a bird and two bees with flowers, circa 1880-1890 European origin, very good painting Dimensions: 14.5" W x 20.5" H x 1" D.

This is a magnificent and decorative antique German hand painted porcelain mounted walking cane, circa 1880 in date. This splendid walking cane has a superb tau shaped hand painted porcelain handle in the manner of Messein porcelain featuring a beautifully dressed woman holding flowers among a naturalistic landscape within a detailed gilt frame with foliate motifs. The sturdy and very fine hardwood tapering shaft is complete with its original and highly attractive wrist grasp as well as the silvered ferrule for ease of use. It is a truly lovely item which exudes the utmost in elegance and distinguished style and as such would be appreciated by any collector of walking canes. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 83 x width 1.5 x depth 1.5 Width 9.5 Dimensions in inches: Height 32.7 x width 0.6 x depth 0.6 Width 3.7 Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger continued von Tschirnhaus's work and brought porcelain to the market, financed by Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. The production of porcelain in the royal factory at Meissen, near Dresden, started in 1710 and attracted artists and artisans to establish, arguably, the most famous porcelain manufacturer known throughout the world. Its signature logo, the crossed swords, was introduced in 1720 to protect its production; the mark of the swords is reportedly the one of the oldest trademarks in existence. In English Dresden porcelain was once the usual term for these wares, especially the figures; this is due to the fact that Meissen is geographically not far from Dresden and is the Saxon capital. Part of a tea and chocolate service...