A Chelsea cane handle

A Chelsea cane handle, in the white, in the form of a girl's head, probably modelled by Joseph Willems, tilted slightly to the right, and with flowers in her hair, tumbling down to her neck, 2 1/4" high, circa 1750, with gilt metal collar, and mounted on the original cane 

See Yvonne Hackenbroch, Chelsea and Other English Porcelain, The Irwin Untermyer Collection, figure 8 (plate 70), for another cane handle of this model

See also G E Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys, plate 18, number 1, for another coloured example 

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