67. Cloisonné Enamel Cane-Ca. 1890-Shippo cloisonné enamel handle fashioned in an off center T-shape with an elongated vertical stem and beautifully enameled in vivid colors with various blooms on a black background with coiled wires suggesting a dark sky with clouds. The handle is executed in the ancient and traditional Far-Eastern love for the detail perfection, and comes on a rosewood shaft with a horn ferrule. Intact.-H. 8” x 3 ¾”, O.L. 37 ¼”--Cloisonné is a way of enameling an object, (typically made of copper) whereby fine wires are used to delineate the decorative areas (cloisons in French, hence cloisonné) into which enamel paste is applied before the object is fired and polished.-The Japanese characters used for the word shippo (the Japanese term for enamelware) mean “Seven Treasures” which is a reference to the seven treasures mentioned in Buddhist texts. Although these treasures may vary, they generally included at least some of the following: gold, silver, emerald, coral, agate, lapis lazuli, giant clamshell, glass and pearl. The Japanese applied this expression to the rich colors found on Chinese enamel wares and later to those they made themselves.