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Antique Cane Auction
Sunday, May 19th 2002
Antique Canes V
Absentee bids can be email, faxed (818-784-4726) or called in (818-784-7772)
1. England, Silver handled dress cane, handle in shape of "L" and it is fashioned to resemble a segmented antler. The segmented effect is repeated on the bamboo shaft. The handle is hall-marked London 1900. Metal ferrule. Handle is 2" high x 4" wide, L: 35 .25 in./90 cm View Item Est. $500-$700
2. A neo-classical ivory handled cane. The handle is carved to resemble a young man in heroic stance with long hair, classic curls, with full collar and stocking cap; a bust taken from antiquity. Floral design, silver collar with blank cartouche. Ebony hard wood shaft. Handle is 3" high, L: 5.75 in./91 cm. View Item Est. $1400-$1900
3. A one piece "L" handled hardwood cane carved in the shape of a horse head. On front side is a bearded and mustached man, below is carved "Corfu". Copper ferrule. Handle is 4.75" wide, L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900
4. An American folk-art "Marble" cane with an "L"-shaped handle and an openwork cage containing eight glass marbles. Handle is 5.25" wide, L: 36 in./91 cm. View Item Est. $200-$300
5. An unusual nautical cane featuring a crescent shaped ivory handle with sterling mounts and tip on a stretched multi-segmented whale bone shaft with copper ferrule. Handle 5.5 across, L: 32 in./81 cm. View Item Est. $1000-$1400
6. A top end American folk art cane. This stout and beautifully conceived piece has a modified T handle, the entire cane of one piece of wood, elaborately carved with various creatures, including a turtle, frogs, and alligators, one of which, on the handle¹s top, is clutching in its mouth the neck of a huge snake which has encircled the shaft. Outstanding execution. The carvings are all in medium, high and full relief, highly detailed and beautifully polychromed. An etched vine also decorates the shaft. A collection maker for the folk art cane collector. Handle is 8.5 in. wide, L: 35 in./89 cm. View Item Est. $2000-$2500.
7. A cane, likely English from the, consisting of a straight up wood shaft and handle, carved at the top to resemble the head of a dog in top hat, along the shaft are lacquered inked and etched illustrations of a woman¹s head with floral and geometric design. Brass ferrule. Handle is 3.75" high, L: 38 .5 in./98 cm. View Item Est. $1100-$1400
8. A gold American presentation cane, 1880, with a cartouche top inscribed DBS and marked 14K. Ebony shaft and bimetal ferrule. Handle is 1.75" high, L: 35 in./88.5 cm. View Item Est. $400-$600
9. A French Roue¹s stick having an ebony hardwood shaft , gold-gilt collar topped with an enamel ball of dark and light purple, gold and light green. The shaft has a copper ferrule. The Roue¹s stick was supposedly used by the Roue or "ladies man¹ to lift the skirt of ladies in his presence. Handle is 1.5" round, L: 37 in./94 cm. View Item Est. $900-$1100
10. An American political stick. The handle is a metal bust of U.S. Grant(?) Oak shaft, , never had a ferrule. Handle is 1.75" high, L: 34 in./86 cm. View Item Est. $500-$700
11. A very fine antique Continental dress cane featuring an ivory and tortoiseshell handle. The ivory is a remarkable rendering of a mare and colt side by side emerging from the faux tortoise shell handle. Ivory ring collar, black ebony shaft, white bone ferrule. Handle is 1.75" high x 4.25" wide, L: 37 in./94 cm. View Item Est. $1400-$1800
12. An American folk art cane, possibly Fraternal, carved from one piece of wood with crutch handle shape. Along out facing side, a series of carvings, at the top of which the 4 letters "IHSV" beneath which are a cross, the letter "G" presumably standing for God. Below a compass on the square, beneath which a barometer, and below that is an acorn. Beautiful finish, original, metal ferrule. Handle is 4.5" across, L: 35 .5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900
13. A fine and quite remarkable mid-19th-Century Continental ivory handled dress cane. The handle being a man¹s face emerging from a shell. The man has long hair, sideburns and thick mustache. Thin gold collar, ebony wood shaft. Handle is 2.25" high x 2" wide, L: 36 .25 in./92 cm. View Item Est. $1100-$1500
14. An American gentlemen's walking cane from the early-mid 20th century with a faux tortoise shell crutch handle made of Bakelite with white metal decorative collar and snake wood shaft and horn ferrule. Handle is 3.75" across, L: 39 .5 in./100.5 cm. View Item Est. $500-$700
15. An outstanding 19th century nautical cane. A whaling cane, probably American, ca. 1840-1880, with one piece tapering handle of whale ivory, carved into four sections, each with convex walls encircled by fine concentric etched lines, and spatial separations between sections, creating the visual effect of baleen separators. The section second from the topmost, as well as the bottommost section, are further decorated with tiny silver screws or brads. A disk of figured tortoiseshell is inlaid in the top of the whale ivory handle. The bottommost of these four sections features two wide, tapering rings of whale ivory, producing the visual effect of a collar. The shaft has two carved sections: at the top is a series of fine vertical lines running the entire circumference of the shaft. Beneath that is a section of detailed crosshatching. The bottom of the shaft is left uncarved. A prime example of the whaler¹s art and craft, of museum quality. Handle is 2.25 in. high x 1.5 in. diameter, L: 33.25 in/ 84.5 cm. View Item Est. $8000-$10,000.
16. A Continental dress cane with a straight up amethyst-quartz tapered cylindrical handle with a collar of white guilloche enamel between brass rings top and bottom each with inset channels highlighted by brass points. The collar has Austrian or German hallmarks, ca.1900. The snake wood shaft has armorial plaques of a crown and 2 shields, obviously belonging to a nobleman (or woman). Horn ferrule. Quite elegant! Handle is 1.75" high, L: 37 .25 in./94.5 cm. View Item Est. $1400-$1800
17. An unusual and very fine gambler's cane with cylindrical cage of faux tortoise shell veneer with silver bands top and bottom , beveled glass top containing 4 ivory dice on a green felt-covered surface. Silver collar, ebony hardwood shaft, metal ferrule. Handle is 1.55" high x 1.75" wide, L: 34 .75 in./88 cm. View Item Est. $1500-$2000
18. A very fine Victorian Continental ivory "tau" handle of a smiling women with a bow at her collar and in her curled hair. Decorated brass collar, malacca shaft with eyelets and long brass ferrule. Handle is 1.5" high x 4" wide, L: 34 .5 in./87.5 cm. View Item Est. 2000-2400
19. An Oceanic cane with a straight up ball handle beneath which is a cage which opens out in its center. Beneath this is a segment 6" in length with an intricate inlay of mother of pearl, beneath this twin caymans with inlaid eyes as well. Carved from one piece of hardwood. Solomon Islands, possibly a souvenir from the WW2 Pacific War. Handle is 4.5" high from bottom of openwork till top, L: 35 .75 in./ 90.5 cm. View Item Est. $1500-$1900
20. A nautical cane with a whale ivory handle and whale bone shaft. The handle is stepped and has in its center on top a flat baleen dot. Between handle and shaft is what appears to be a collar of a tropical wood. Handle is 2.25" high, L: 32 in./81.5 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1100
21. An art nouveaux silver cane with "L" shaped handle showing Andromeda nude, her arms behind her head, left knee up, drapery revealed, her right ankle chained to the rock. .925 sterling silver mark, rosewood shaft, horn ferrule. . Handle is 4.5" high x 3" wide, L: 36 in./ 91.5 cm. View Item Est. $2300-$2800
22. American gentleman¹s walking stick the "L" shaped antler handle having underside cross hatching, a high silver collar with the plumes of the Prince of Wales. Dark malacca shaft. Handle is 2" high x 4.25" wide, L: 32.75 in./83 cm. View Item Est. L: $400-$600
23. A Meissen porcelain bust handled cane of a man in stocking cap with gilt collar and purple shirt. Meissen marks, double ring gold collar and black ebony shaft , black horn ferrule. Handle is 1.75" high, L: 37 in./93.5 cm. View Item Est. $900-$1100
24. An American souvenir stick celebrating the repeal of prohibition from the 1933-4 Chicago World¹s Fair. This piece features a beer keg and stein. A colorful and coveted American souvenir stick. See Synder, Canes from the 17th-20th Century Price Guide showing value from $600-$750. Barrell handle is 1.75" high x 2.5" wide, L: 33 .75 in./86 cm. View Item Est. $300-$400
25. A wonderful ivory handled cane of a young boy with arms crossed staring off into the distance, and seen emerging from and flush with the top of a bamboo shaft with eyelet holes. An early and very charming almost surely continental piece. Handle is 1.75" high, L: 35.5 in./90 cm View Item Est. $800-$1000
26. An early flashlight system stick, German/Austrian, featuring a perfectly working flashlight. Marked, GES. GESCH. with a rabbit insignia. Crutch handle shows some wear. Bi-metal spike ferrule. Crack in shaft. Handle is 4.75" across, L: 36 in./92 cm. View Item Est. $500-$700
27. A handsome decorative wood stick with a handle tapering up in 4 sections to a mushroom capped top. The 3 sections decorated from the bottom up with a floral design followed by a Charlotte leaf design and at the top a geometric design. Ebony hardwood shaft, bi-metal ferrule. Handle is 3" high x 1.5" wide, L: 30.5 in./77.5 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500
28. An African cane from the early-mid 20th century. An unusually interesting example of the genere. Featuring light green color together with red and blue accents. Carved in the shape of a crocodile from which a shovel handle emerges. The ring handle is set with spikes and plates. Crocodiles with applied metal and worked plates and inset cowry shells. An interesting and unusual piece. Two shells. One broken, one missing. Handle loop is 4.5" in diameter, L: 38 in./97 cm. View Item Est. $900-$1300
29. An unusual and very fine historical cane with an ivory handle featuring the bust of Wellington and done in the style of phrenology cane handles. In this case, below the shoulders and encircling the bottom most portion of the ivory handle is a list of his various victories. Age crack in nose. Rosewood shaft, bi-metal ferrule. Handle is 2 7/8" high, L: 35.5 in./90.5 cm. View Item Est. $2300-$2800
30. A continental carved cane with straight up hardwood handle and silver plated brass collar ,the shaft covered with a floral design. A distinctively carved walking stick, bi-metal ferrule. L: 34 .75 in./88 cm. View Item Est. $500-$800
31. A Persian silver-handled cane featuring a panoply of animals all on the move including dogs, snakes, lions, and horned beasts. The capped top of this straight up handle features a decorative design with several levels to it including a braid, a ring of bottom-pointing leaves and a shield cartouche, top left blank. Black ebony handle and horn ferrule. Qajar to Pahlevi . Handle is 5.5" high, L: 35.5 in./90.5 cm View Item Est. $700-$900
32. An interesting snake cane, likely American The head and upper body of the snake turned back upon the mid section of the snake. The carver uses the entire cane to represent the snake. Reticulated scales are carved throughout. The piece lies flat when not in use., One of a kind piece. Handle is 3.75" in diameter, L: 34.75 in./88 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800
33. An English ivory dress cane surmounted by an ivory handle carved into a frog resting on a lily pad. Two colored glass eyes silver collar, Birmingham 1922 h/m¹d, with rosewood shaft and brass ferrule . Handle is 1.5" high x 2.25" wide, L: 36 .75 in./93 cm. View Item Est. $1500-$2000
34. An unusual English lady's system stick featuring a tall straight up silver canister handle, Birmingham 1920 hallmarked , the top of which unscrews to reveal an exquisite handkerchief within. Full stepped bamboo shaft, silver metal ferrule. Handle is 4.25" high, L: 35 .5 in./90.5 cm. View Item Est. $1300-$1700
35. A Spanish "Vara". the earliest cane in the Americas. The "Vara" Dike Canes of the U.S. Personal Mementos, chapter 1, was given by the throne in Madrid to the Governors of Spanish states in Central and South America. This example has a tapering silver handle with an embossed cross and 5 decorated silver segments along the black laurel-wood shaft. Very long spiked ferrule with an old repair evident. Original Clovis remains. L: 42 .75 in./108 cm. View Item Est. $1100-$1400
36. A charming and old American "L"-shaped antler handled cane on top of which a reclining dog has been carved. Malacca shaft, early brass collar and ferrule. Handle is 1.75" high x 4.75" wide, L: 29 .5 in./75 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900
37. A shark¹s vertebra cane with baleen separators and black horn mushroom cap handle. Handle is 1.25" high x 1" diameter, L: 35 in./89 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900
38. A very interesting dated American cane with a straight-up ball handle. This cane is all of one piece of wood. The twig spurs in the handle are inset with brass brads. The brad work also highlights inset diamond shaped bone eyelets and is also used in dating the cane (1898) and in decorating it below the date with a scarab(?). Replacement brass ferrule. Handle is 4.25" high, L: 34.5 in./87.5 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1100
39. An American nautical cane featuring a boar's tooth handle scrimshawed with a right whale and next to the whale on a banner, "Right Whale 1875", on the reverse side is a three masted whaling ship, "Dove". Silver collar with black ebony shaft, white metal and horn ferrule. Handle is 5.5" across, L: 39 in./99 cm. View Item Est. $2300-$2700
40. A carved wood walking stick possibly African-American with the handle in the shape of an open-mouth African mud fish from which the remainder of the shaft emerges in this one piece wood cane. The section below handle features a snake with a modeled body and below which the shaft has four spaced elongated ball separators with linear decoration. Handle is 4" high, L: 33.75 in./85.5 cm. Very nice item! View Item Est. $600-$800
41. This "Jefferson" Stick. Cane was carved by Thomas Jefferson Craddock on the grounds of Jefferson¹s tomb. It was reputedly carved from a bough that had fallen from trees on the grounds. Craddock is famous for carving these commemorative canes to the third American President. While not unique these canes are coveted amongst advance collectors. Carved from top to bottom. This particular cane has crisp lettering at the top reading "Jefferson¹s Century Cane 1900" and shows the lucky horse shoe. Important and Perfect. L: 36 in./92 cm View Item Est. $1800-$2600
42. A marvelous continental dress cane, the handle carved as an ivory horse head . The horse¹s collar is dominant, the ears pointing straight up. The handle set within the silver collar with top ring on a orange and honey tone malacca shaft with horned ferrule. The carving is of the highest quality. Handle is 3" high x 3" wide, L: 38.5 in./98 cm. View Item Est. $4000-5000+
43. A very fine carved English wood cane with "L" handle, fashioned into the head of an eagle. The carving is meticulously done with incredible detail throughout. Original glass eyes, silver collar, London 1911 hallmark. Shaft is scrimshawed top to bottom with extraordinary design including geometric and floral designs. Length:. Horn ferrule. It appears to be a Military memento, as the arms have "VR" (Victoria Regina) in center. Handle is 2.75" high x 4.25" wide, L: 37.75 in./94 cm. View Item Est. $2800-$3400
44. A silver hall-marked Continental dress cane, possibly French , with pear shaped bulbous handle with high relief carving of two courtship scenes. This formal cane has a rounded handle and blank cartouche. Rosewood shaft, bi-metal ferrule. Handle is 3.25" high by 1.25" wide, L: 35.25 in./89.5 cm. View Item Est. $1200-$1600
45. An American Civil War Reunion stick being a bough with twin saplings twisted several times and secured toward the bottom of the cane by a nail. One of the pods created by virtue of this twisting was then shaved clean and on it were inked the words "cut in the center of Melvern Hill" where 13,000 soldiers were killed on July 1st 1862. Fought by Lee and McClellan. This cane was very likely carved after the battle and sold on the grounds. L: 37 in./94 cm. View Item Est. $900-$1100
46. An English Victorian whistle system stick. Carved of one piece of ivory . Ornate silver collar, oak shaft, brass ferrule, with distinctive ivory graining with some age cracks. Handle is 1.25" high x 3.25" wide, L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900
47. An English gentleman's walking cane with a horn pistol grip, solid gold collar, with worn London h/m¹s, inscribed "N.M. Clement, Albany, N.Y." Honey toned malacca shaft. Handle is 2.5" high x 3" wide, L: 37 in./94 cm. View Item Est. $500-$700
48. An extremely well carved high ivory handle fashioned in the shape of a young boy with stocking cap below which a cartouche is left blank, brass collar, snake wood shaft with horn ferrule. This cane was somewhat flattened by design and may have originally served another purpose, possibly as a parasol handle. Handle is 11" long, L: 37.75 in./96 cm. View Item Est. $900-$1300
49. An American presentation cane, late 19th century, the handle in the shape of a "L" with worked floral design. On the vertical portion of the "L" is a very fine engraving reading "presented to hon. B. C. CHRISTY/ Speaker Pro Tem/H.R. March 12th 1875/ by legislative friends". On cap end of the handle "the Speaker is old enough to take care of himself". Ebony shaft, brass ferrule. A slight cane with wonderful and touching words. Handle is 2" high x 2.5" wide, L: 36 in./92 cm. View Item Est. $1200-$1600
50. A fine American nautical cane, c. mid-late 19th century, with a Turk¹s head knot and whale ivory handle. Sterling silver collar and whalebone shaft. Nice color to ivory. Handle 1.5" in diameter, L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $1800-$2400
51. An extraordinary, one of a kind, political cane dedicated to William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson. This cane features a Lion-head as its handle. It is complete with ceramic eyes and bone teeth. The shaft is carved in low relief lettering on the spiral with the words William J. Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson. The cane is signed at the bottom made by M. Botts. Brass ferrule. A true find! Handle is 5.5" high x 4.5" wide, L: 32.75 in./83 cm. View Item Est. $500-$700
52. A bone "L" handle cane with silver mounts, the end cap having raised dimples together with an edged floral background design. This is repeated on the collar with rough top and bottom edges, rosewood shaft. Handle is 2" high x 4.5" wide, L: 37 in./94 cm. View Item Est. $200-$300
53. An all wood folk art cane which may be Italian in origin with a variety of well conceived and executed carvings in medium relief and showing a blank cartouche opposite to which is a 2 headed eagle. Original craved ferrule. L: 37.75 in./96 cm. View Item Est. $500-$700
54. A one piece wood folk art cane, likely American, early 20th century with a large "T" handle showing a reclining nude, her hair in dark braids. The material is a light mustard colored wood. Handle is 7.75" wide, L: 34.75 in./88.5 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500
55. A German-hallmarked tau handled silver art nouveaux cane, c. 1920 with finely executed linear pattern interrupted by a wave effect. Rosewood shaft, original white metal ferrule. Handle is .2.25 x 4" wide, L: 35 in./89 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800
56. A one piece wooden walking stick with a flat top ball handle. Material is wood with two grains, one brown, one black, age cracks in handle. Handle is 1.5" high x 2.25" wide, L: 33 in./84 cm. View Item Est. $200-$300
57. A gentleman¹s dress cane, which has a cylindrical walrus ivory handle. Silver collar with bands top and bottom , rosewood shaft, bi-metal ferrule. Handle is 1.5" high, L: 34.5 in./87.5 cm. View Item Est. $300-$400
58. A lady's slender cane with modified tau brown horn handle , sterling silver collar and beech-wood shaft, with horn ferrule. Handle is 1" high x 3.25" wide, L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $100-$200
59. A handsome dress cane with cobalt blue agate ball handle, gold collar, rosewood shaft, brass ferrule. Handle is 1.5" high x 1.5" round, L: 35 in./89 cm. View Item Est. $900-$1100
60. An "L" shaped ivory handled walking stick with buckled belt etched into the middle portion of the horizontal section extension of the handle, silver collar, half part malacca shaft. Handle is 3" high x 2.75" wide, L: 32,5 in./82.5 cm. View Item Est. $400-$600
61. An American folk art staff, carved in Pennsylvania , depicts a man standing atop a platform with 2 snakes encircling the shaft. Black pigment. Handle is 6.5" high, L: 43.25 in./110 cm. View Item Est. $1100-$1400
62. An English system stick with a wood ball handle topped by a circular disc with the crowned thistle(Scotland). The handle unscrews to reveal a large thermometer used to take the temperature of a baby¹s bath water. Hallmarked collar, hardwood shaft, white metal ferrule. This particular system stick was the subject of a special monograph by the late Catherine Dike who said that unlike many system sticks said to be lady¹s canes and which were not because of there too intimate nature, this particular cane was a genuine and coveted system stick. Handle is 1.75" high x 1.75" round, L: 38 in./96.5 cm. View Item Est. $2200-$2700
63. A modified tau handled silver Art Nouveau cane with raised floral design. The front facing point of handle fashioned to resemble Eve in the Garden. Snake wood shaft. Silver handle has worn marks (?English) and horn ferrule. Handle is 2.75" high x 4.75" wide, L: 34.75 in./88 cm. View Item Est. $1500-$2000
64. A beautifully carved ivory dress cane, c. late 19th century, with the face of little girl with a crimped bonnet. Gold collar and ebony hardwood shaft, horn ferrule. Handle is 2.5" high, L: 36 in./91 cm. View Item Est. $1500-$2000
65. A continental folk art cane comprised of one piece of wood, the top being a rook ball fashioned into a figural grouping consisting of a man with mustache and beard surmounted by a capped woman. Behind her and on her shoulders is a long tailed creature and a bird. A classic Continental folk art piece. Bi-metal ferrule. Handle is 4.5" high, L: 35.75 in./90.5 cm. View Item Est. $1900-$2300
66. A wonderful gold cane with modified crutch handle having a tau effect. The end cap of the handle as well as the collar being marked 18K and " Tiffany and Company" . The out facing side of the collar is also monogrammed RBW and back facing side is engraved October 14, 1918. This cane is one piece coal wood, original horn ferrule. Excellent condition. Handle is 2" high x 4.25" wide, L: 36 in./91.5 cm. View Item Est. $2500-$3000
67. An impressive ivory cane of English origin, the handle fashioned from a sperm whale tooth into the dramatic head of an eagle, with highly detailed feathering, two colored glass eyes, silver collar with London 1925 h/m¹s, ebony hardwood shaft, horn ferrule. Excellent condition, one small age crack. Signed: RAJA 73. Handle is 2" high x 5.5" wide, L: 36 in./91.5 cm. View Item Est. $3000-$3800
68. An unusual cork cane, probably Iberian, c. early 20th century, with "L" shaped handle and small diamond shaped white metal cartouche left blank , and white metal collar. The remainder of the cane is rough cork. Handle is 4" wide, L: 35.25 in./89.5 cm View Item Est. $700-$900
69. A classic nautical cane with a clinched fist handle of whale ivory. The hand emerges from a buttoned collar with buttons of baleen. Below this handle are two discs of whale ivory separated by twin dark brown island woods each of which are bracketed by a thin baleen separator. A bottom whale ivory disc with separator is followed by a whalebone shaft with slight warp. All original with beautiful patina. Handle is 2.75" high x 1 1/8" wide, L: 34.75 in./88 cm. View Item Est. $2300-$2800
70. An American brass eagle walking stick. from early 20th century. With an all wood shaft. Cane has been frequently reproduced but this particular example is the genuine article. Shaft shows age! Handle is 4" high by 5" wide, L: 36.5 in./92 cm. View Item Est. $1200-$1600
71. A classic American folk art cane from the late 19th/early 20th century, comprised of one piece of wood segmented into seven different sections. The top most section or handle has a series of geometric designs. Elongated ferrule. A wonderful example of folk art carving. Signed(?): A. BOLINGER L: 35.5 in./90.5 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1200
72. A dress cane comprised of a sterling cap with raised floral design above a multi paneled mother of pearl section, thin metal collar all attached to a rosewood staff. Missing ferrule. Handle is 2.5" high x 1" round, L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $200-$400
73. A wonderful continental carved cane, the one piece wooden handle is a modified pistol grip in the shape of a bearded man in an overcoat with upturned head wearing a rain hat, hands in pockets. Ebony collar and segmented shaft. Handle is 5.75" high x 2.75" wide, L: 38.5 in./98 cm. View Item Est. $1200-1500
74. A one piece folk art cane, American early 20th century, with tau handle and a long snake with beautifully carved body and ebony eyes spiraling up the cane between twig spurs. Bi-metal ferrule. A masterful execution of a popular theme and a classic example of the American folk art carvers craft. Handle is 5" wide, L: 38.25 in./97 cm. View Item Est. $1100-$1400
75. A slender folk art cane, American, with "L" handle. The end of the "L" is carved to resemble a dog¹s head. The outfacing head of the handle appears to be that of a native American¹s face. The shaft is polychromed with a multitude of designs. The initials GML also EMC adorn piece. Handle is 4.25" wide, L: 28 in./71 cm. View Item Est. $1100-1500
76. First of a pair of enormous if not record setting African wart hog tusks mounted on an African wood shaft with leather windings. Horn ferrule. Handle is 8" across, L: 38 in./96 cm. View Item Est. $1200-$1500
77. Second of the pair of enormous if not record setting African wart hog tusks mounted on an African wood shaft with leather windings. Horn ferrule. Handle is 8" across, L: 39 in./99 cm. View Item Est. $1200-$1500
78. An American classic folk art cane, c. late 19th century, comprised of one piece of wood and showing a fist top, below a snake is crawling up the length of the shaft with its head in full relief. L: 38 in./96 cm. View Item Est. $1000-$1200
79. A signed Japanese ivory cane from the Meiji-era. The long carved ivory handle is topped by a "tama" (pearl). with a Dragon with inlaid mother of pearl eyes encircling virtually the length of the handle in low to medium relief. Considerable undercutting. Silver collar, ebony shaft, white horn ferrule. Handle is 8.5" high, 36.25 in./92 cm. View Item Est. $1800-$2400
80. A Chinese staff from the 18th century, at top of the handle is a pig, one ear broken, sitting with a flurry of design to immediate right. One piece, with the remainder of the shaft nicely carved. Base of shaft shows considerable wear, the rest of shaft in excellent shape. Handle is 3" high, L: 49 in./124 cm. View Item Est. $2800-$3400
81. A W.W.I German Horse- soldier's Regimental stick. It is made of one piece of wood, with a large crutch handle. This cane is carved along the entire handle and shaft in medium relief with a variety of images. The end cap of handle is carved into a horse¹s hoof complete with an applied iron horseshoe. Long ferrule. Handle is 6.25" across, L: 37 in./94 cm. View Item Est. $2100-$2500
82. An impressive cane with large ivory handle consists of two hands shaking which is a lodge art symbol. This image is capped by a mushroom cap with convex ribs, below which is a wing of scalloped edges effectively matched by the collar also in ivory and part of the one piece handle. Beautifully figure snake-wood shaft and white horn ferrule. Handle is 4.25" high by 1.75" wide, L: 40.75 in./103.5 cm. View Item Est. $2000-$2500
83. A bamboo and brass seat stick, Continental, and possibly French, with a identifying marks reading "BSBD6". One hinge broken; spiked ferrule.35.5 in./90 cm. Handle unfolds to 13" wide seat, L: 35.5in/ 90 cm. View Item Est. $900-$1200
84. A Shriner's stick, the handle a polychromed wood head in the image of a Fez-capped Shriner smoking a cigar. The color in his cheek is accomplished by virtue of two cocktail glasses. There is the usual star and crescent on the Fez. The wooden shaft has numerous inscriptions. Handle is 3.25" high, L: 36 in./91 cm. View Item Est. $200-$400
85. A Central European, possibly German, silver-handled cane cast in the shape of a horse¹s leg, finely-detailed. Ebony shaft and horn ferrule. Handle is 2.75" high x 4" wide, L: 35,5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $500-$700
86. A finely carved American walking stick with "L" handle one piece construction. On upper portion of the staff is an alligator stylistically rendered. Handle is 3.75" wide, L: 34 in./86 cm. View Item Est. $200-$300.
87. A lovely Continental Art Nouveau, L-shaped silver-handled stick, cast as a woman¹s head with flowing hair making the handle itself. Ebony shaft, metal ferrule. Handle is 3.25" high, L: 35.5 in./90.5 cm View Item Est. $700-$900
88. A modest ivory cane with an ivory tapering straight up handle on the top of which is a silver disc with an engraved "B". Slight chip on handle. Thin collar (stamped silver). Engraved, 1912-1937. Handle is 1 1/8" high x 1 1/8" wide, L: 35.75 in./91 cm. View Item Est. $150-$250
89. A wonderful American folk art whimsy cane; carved from one piece of wood with a squared off extended black handle cut on all edges.. Featuring on four sides a rooster, dog, donkey and a man. From this section to upper middle approx. 6" long carved into four open columns. 1890 . Handle is 9" high, L: 36 in./91.5cm. View Item Est. $600-$800
90. A one piece continental Rhino-Horn cane with beautiful marking and no damage. Handle is 4" wide, L: 35 in./89 cm. View Item Est. $1400-$1700
91. A modest but interesting walking cane with a modified tau- handle of ivory stained to look like bone. Gold collar, the shaft beautifully figured tiger maple. Handle is 1" wide x 4.25", L: 34.5 in./87.5 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500
92. A charming and well-made late 19th century ivory handled gentleman¹s cane. A tall ivory handle is carved to reveal a tender scene of a little girl hugging her dog who is in turn nuzzling her nose. The dogs ears are pinned back . Two young ones in love joined by its original tapering silver collar. Treated full bamboo shaft. Handle is 5" high x 1.25" wide, L: 38.25 in./97 cm. View Item Est. $1,500-$1,900
93. A classic old 20th Century American systems cane. It has a New York 1939 Worlds Fair map spring activated on a roller with a mushroom capped handle and eyelet holes. Silver collar. A very fine example of this periods sub genre. This cane is in perfect condition. Handle is 3.5" high x 1.75" wide, L: 32.25 in./82 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900.
94. An interesting systems stick, being a wooden crutch handled cane with a darker wood end cap to the handle. The ferrule is pulled to make a telescoping metal rod in three sections, 34.5 in./87.5 cm. length by itself! The handle also unscrews. L: 35.5 in./90.5 cm . Handle is 5.25" across, View Item Est. $150-250
95. A diamond willow American cane from original wood. A beautifully carved swimming duck shows from it¹s central pod,. A very fine example of such carving. Ca. 1890. L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800
96. An American Folk Art cane with a whip ball handle which has been fashioned into a large beast biting the head of a snake while holding the body of the snake in it¹s left hand. This creature could be a dog or some fantasy . A winding shaft on this one-piece, very American walking stick. Circa 1900. Refinished. L: 33.25 in./84 cm. View Item Est. $400-600
97. A very simple and straight forward ivory handled walking stick. The handle being very graceful but relaxed in it¹s style showing a wood-textured background on which is raised a monogrammed cartouche. Leather collar in older tiger maple piece. Stained or burned hard wood shaft. Handle is 3" high x 1.25" wide, L: 36.75 in./93.5 cm. View Item Est. $200-$300
98. A beautiful Continental dress cane. Circa 1880-1890. The handle is a large sized cobalt blue painted porcelain ball. Against the blue background are a series of gold designs, on top a white background with gold monogram initials . Convex Crown effect. Triple rings in an original gilt metal collar and hardwood shaft. Handle is 1.25" round, L: 35 in./89 cm. View Item Est. $1300-1500
99. A lot of three children's canes. The first is a simple popper for use by children which would explode when placed in the contraption at the base end of this very American stick. The small wood ball handle has an unfinished cylindrical wooden shaft. At the bottom is a chamber in which one could place a single cap for a percussion when hit against the pavement. A second cane with a crutch handle on a modest pale green painted shaft . The third piece is an officer¹s swagger- stick with hardwood shaft. On the silver knob-end is an insignia, which has a crown over a Maltese- cross, and the words Wiltshire Rifle Volunteers. The knob-end and ferrule have Birmingham, 1897 h/m¹s. Longest piece is 31 in./78.5 cm. View Item Est. $400-$600/3
100. A one of a kind Continental, possibly Eastern European, folk art cane, dated 1902. This one piece crutch handled hardwood oak cane has been masterfully carved to represent the stairway to heaven. The handle-end itself represents a serpent with apple in its mouth. It has open columns and a carving of a winding body of a serpent which takes an apple from a tree in paradise. The other side has a religious scene of a man and woman in prayer possibly representing Heaven. A folk art cane of the highest order. Handle is 7.5" high, L: 34.5 in./85 cm. View Item Est. $3500-4500
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101. An ivory handled walking stick, the handle a mushroom capped top straight up handle with age checks, twin lines running scrimshawed into the base of the handle and encircling it with an ebony pine shaft, bimetal ferrule. Handle is 1.25" high x 1.25" wide, L: 34.5 in./88 cm. Estimate View Item Est. $100-200
102. A remarkable American Folk Art cane, all one piece, the handle fashioned into a squirrel eating a nut on top of a birdhouse, the carved shaft highlighted midway down with a black alligator. The shaft is rounded above the alligator and squared-off below to a spike ferrule which is part of the wood shaft. The execution has a folk quality while is stylistically sophisticated with a strong overall context guiding the work. Polychrome work throughout, the brown squirrel sitting on a black base. The birdhouse is green. Handle is 6" high 2" wide, L: 40 in./101 cm . View Item Est. $2200-2800.
103. A Folk-Art Cane, possibly Fraternal, dominated by various and sundry art, with a modified cow handle of horn, a wooden ring collar and a hardwood shaft, cut away to reveal in low relief symbols, including: an octopus, the linking rings of the odd-fellows lodge, the scythe, the hand, the Ark of the Covenant, the hour glass, the scales of justice and a shovel and a coffin . With original black horn ferrule matching the color of the handle. A document of the period during which the American Lodges dominated the male social scene. Handle is 4.5" wide, L: 35 in./89 cm. View Item Est. $1100-1300
104. A handsome Continental dress cane consisting of an ebony black hardwood shaft, surmounted by a silver frog with splayed legs, very much in the Faberge style. Eyes in green and black glass, horn ferrule. Ca. 1920. Handle is 4.25" high x 2" wide, L: 36 in./91 cm. View Item Est. $1400-1800
105. An American antler-handled walking stick, the handle carved and set as a modified "tau" handle with hall-marked sterling silver collar and bamboo shaft, original bimetal ferrule. Handle is 2.5" high x 6.25" wide, L: 34.5 in./87 cm. View Item Est. $300-500
106. A military souvenir cane with a flat-topped mushroom cap handle, tapering shaft of leather washers, and a long glass fill. The most remarkable aspect of this cane is the cap of the handle, which contains a laminated photo of the gentleman who was likely the original owner. We see him outside in sun shine in uniform. Unusual and highly collectable. Handle is 1.75" in diameter, L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. 1100-1300
107. An American ivory-handled walking stick, the handle, ca.1880 L-shaped and cross-hatched for better purchase, hall-marked and floral-decorated silver collar, the half-barked malacca shaft with brass ferrule. Handle is 1" high x 3.5" wide, L: 30.75 in./78 cm. View Item Est. $200-300
108. A very handsome silver-handled systems stick, marked patent "Made in Germany", consists of a beautifully-designed German-silver handle, on the flat top of which is a design with two intertwined squares, In the center is a six-pointed star. Depressing a button on the side of the handle, the top flips opens to reveal a banded blown-glass shot-glass from which a taste of wine(?) might be taken and enjoyed. An extremely unusual systems stick. Original malacca shaft and black horn ferrule. Handle is 2 7/8" high x 1.25" in diameter, L: 34.5 in./87.5 cm. View Item Est. $2400-3000
109. A German silver-hallmarked cane with a dramatically-tapering mushroom shaped cap. On the flat top is ornate background in low to medium relief surmounted by a crown and in the center of which is a shield which reads Stuttgart, showing a black horse on a yellow field . The cane is an octagonal shaft in what appears to be an exotic African wood. Handle is 1" high x 1.5" in diameter, L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $900-1100
110. A fine American carved folk-art cane, which has a shaft of a two-pronged antler supported by a shaft of a sapling with an offshoot supporting it in two places. Cross-hatched banded decoration below the initials P C C, representing Paul Casey, one of the premier American carvers, early to mid 20th Century. In the center of the shaft, there is a large globe the size of a baseball with the various continents and bodies of water delineated, all of one piece with the shaft. Below the globe is a snake with detailed body climbing the shaft. In the lexicon of symbols from which he drew, this represents the evil of which the world always must be wary. His canes are highly collectable in American South and world-wide. Handle is 4.75" wide, L: 39.25 in./1 Meter. View Item Est. $2500-3500
111. A Balkan crutch-handle walking stick with a decorated handle-cap and collar, the collar inscribed with the letters KRVNICA, likely a town or city in Croatia(?). A second segment below, bracketed by rings in the original wood, then the main section with floral design against a knot-holed background ca.22 inches in length. Original iron spike ferrule from the early 20th-Century. Handle is 4.75" across, L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $400-600
112. Match-safe systems stick having an L-shaped handle consisting of silver and wood, the end-cap unscrewing to reveal a compartment to contain matches. Shaft is comprised of wooden discs with original brass ferrule. Handle is 1 1/8" high x 3.5" wide, L: 31.5 in./80 cm. View Item Est. $700-900.
113. A wooden crook handled cane, painted black and showing some flexibility , typical of the genre, ca. 1930. Handle is 4.25" across, L: 32.5 in./83 cm. View Item Est. $300-500
114. An American Folk-Art cane, heavily carved and polychromed, with the Pinocchio-type head inset with green glass eyes. Below this is a shaft carved in sections resembling a Totem-pole with smiling and frowning faces, an Eagle with spread wings, an evergreen tree, skull and cross-bones, and a question-mark. An American piece from the early 20th-Century. L: 31 in/ 79 cm. View Item Est. $200-400
115. A very handsome one-piece wooden walking cane composed of (?Koa wood or black and white wood), an exotic hardwood with brown and black sections to it which appear to run together. Uncut handle ends about five inches down the shaft and thence begins a section of about 24 inches of unusually fine carving of floral design. Cartridge casing brass ferrule. Circa 1930. Handle is 5" across, L: 37 in./94 cm. View Item Est. 900-1100
116. A Chinese ivory-handled cane, the straight-up handle of ivory shows a lotus blossom on the backside of the head of an aged man with open mouth, beautifully-delineated teeth, wrinkled brow and very long hair underneath of what appears to be a flowing linen type of head-covering . This is an unusually striking Asian piece from the late 19th-Century . Hall-marked silver collar , black mahogany shaft with bimetal ferrule. Handle is 3.75" high x 1" in diameter, L: 35.75 in./90.5 cm , View Item Est. $1000-1200
117. A locket systems stick, having a silver and gilt(?) locket, tapering up from its base to a wide point at which a hinged lid opens to reveal two photos of women, perhaps the wife on one side and the mother on the other. The silver handle is joined to a silver collar with an overlapping button design, the handle mounted on a slender walnut shaft with a brass ferrule, ca.1890-1910. L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $1300-1700
118. An American Folk Art cane with a curved-and-ball handle carrying a variety of symbols on its circumference, including a diamond, crossed star, an anchor, etc, and on top of the curved handle, a five-pointed star. The shaft is separated from the handle by virtue of carving and staining by two segments, one with cross-hatching, the other with belt effect. Handle is 5.25" high x 1.5" in diameter, L: 31 in./80 cm. View Item Est. $700-900
119. An extremely fine large L-shaped carved ivory handle, English, well-patinated, finely grained, carved of a reclining woman with her right hand behind her head, left at her side, lying on her side. Birmingham 1938(?) hallmarked silver collar , black ebony shaft, bimetal ferrule, all original. Handle is 1.75" high x 5" wide, L: 35 in/ 89 cm. View Item Est. $5600-5800
120. A Continental cane, (Low Countries?), having an almost golf-club-shaped handle perhaps 2 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches on its flat back-facing end, On the surface is a carving of two lions who appear to be pounding a drum, above and between them a crown, with another panel showing a third lion matching the activities above . This piece is ca.1850 , has a worn brass collar, long brass ferrule, unfinished wood shaft still has bark. Handle (golf club portion) is 3.25" long, L: 34 in./86 cm. View Item Est. $1800-2400.
121. A Continental porcelain Beidermeyer Opera dress cane, ca.1880, a product of the Berlin Porcelain Co, or K P M (Koniglische Porzellan Manufaktur). Fashioned into the classic Beidermeyer woman with the well- executed floral scene on the "tau" handle. Turned gold collar, full bark honey-toned malacca shaft, black horn ferrule. All original! Handle is 3" high x 4.5" wide, L: 37.75 in./96 cm. View Item Est. $1800-2600
122. A Folk Art cane with the tweak-spurs in the handle, covered in either silver or gold, the entire top of the handle also covered in nailed silver , one-piece construction. Handle is about 1.75" round, L: 32.5 in/ 83 cm. View Item Est. $200-300
123. An American political cane with a open mushroom cap handle of white base metal with brass insert of a photograph over which is a glass bubble, depicting a man with mustache and bow-tie, believed to be Grover Cleveland, on ebony black hardwood shaft, brass ferrule. Handle is 1" high x 1.25" in diameter, L: 34.25 in/ 87 cm. View Item Est. $700-900
124. Classic dress cane, a large Tiger¹s Eye ball handle, brushed gold crown mount with gold collar, dark ebony shaft with black horn ferrule, Handle is 1.75" round, L: 37.5 in/ 95 cm. View Item Est. $900-1300
125. A silver-handled English cane, the handle itself fashioned into the image of Punch. The silver collar has Birmingham hall-marks. Handle is 3.25" high x 2" wide, L: 37 in/ 94 cm. View Item Est. $800-1000
126. A piece of "trench art" from WW2, having a large caliber shell on top as handle, and ferrule the remainder of this 12-inch brass shell. The shaft is light island wood, cut- away to reveal an "Easter-Island"- like totem, and facing it a long wooden twisting snake with green glass eyes. Ink writing along the shaft probably information concerning the maker and where he was, now illegible. Handle is 7/8" in diameter, L: 35.75 in/ 89.5 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1000
127. A Continental dress cane with an ivory rabbit head handle. The rabbit carved in extreme detail with nonetheless a completely disarming quality. Two color glass eyes, good patination. Thin copper collar, ebony dark hardwood shaft, horn ferrule. Handle is 1.75" high x 3.25" wide, L: 36 in/ 91.5 cm. View Item Est. $1200-1500
128. A European Folk Art cane, the straight-up handle of which is fashioned into the face of a Frenchman(?) wearing a beret which has been dramatically(?)treated, glass eyes set into the face which has a wonderful expression of bemusement. Long-haired patrician of the street, ca.1890. Handle is 1.75" high, L: 32 in/ 81 cm. View Item Est. $800-1000
129. A Gentleman's walking cane with curved horn handle, worn malacca shaft, horn ferrule. L: 34.75 in/ 88 cm. View Item Est. $200-400
130. A solid glass cane of light green glass with twisted ball-shaped handle, the barley twisting continues in the lower half of the cane, which tapers towards the ferrule (slight chip at bottom tip). Handle is 3.75" wide, L: 39.5 in/ 100.5 cm. View Item Est. $500-700.
131. American Folk art cane of the very top rank, straight-up all wood one-piece cane with elongated ball grip, below which is a rolling banner with a dot border initialed in low relief with the inscription : L. GOSLING, Maker 1898. Gosling was a Michigan carver and is considered one of Americas top folk-art carvers from the L.19th Century. Remainder of shaft is carved and stained in two colors with an integrated floral design of vines and leaves, including lotus blossoms . Patination and finish are absolutely first-rate with some crackling. Long metal ferrule. L: 34 in/86 cm. View Item Est. $3400-4000
132. American, ca. early 20th-Century. A boars-tusk handle with ivory end-cap on a dark metal collar with bamboo shaft and horn ferrule. Handle is 5.25" wide, L: 34.75 in/ 88.5 cm. View Item Est. $400-$600
133. A Continental ivory-handled cane from the with the handle fashioned into the bust of a jester with frilled collar and a head scarf. Delicate features. A smallish example but very well carved. Fine lined barley twist turned silver collar with rings top and bottom. Beech wood shaft and copper ferrule. Handle is 2" high, L: 35.25 in/ 89.5 cm. View Item Est. $600-$900.
134. An American system stick of wood with a crutch handle, and white metal collar. Containing a Map of Boston showing an American Legion parade. In light green, blue and black, with a spring-activated mechanism in perfect working order. The Map of Boston is rarer than the New York Worlds Fair Map. Handle is 5.25" across, L: 35 in/ 89 cm. View Item Est. $900-1100
135. An East African (?) Folk Art cane with a shovel ring handle and large primitive head, below it a snake with light beaded eyes. A very specimen. Handle is 3.25" in diameter, L: 39.75 in/ 101 cm. View Item Est. $1400-1800.
136. A handsome 19th century continental dress cane, well-patinated with ivory and tortoise-shell. Probably English, with a tall classic English straight-up handle with twin rings encircling it towards the top, two eyelet holes with gold eyelets , flush mounted to a beautifully mounted tortoiseshell veneer. Stout, beautifully figured staff with some incidental age cracks at the center and at the base. Original brass ferrule. A very beautiful piece custom-made. Handle is 2.25" high x 1.25" in diameter, L: 39.75 in/ 88 cm. View Item Est. $3800-4800
137. A Middle Eastern cane with "T" shaped cylindrical silver handle with a raised channel floral design and on one side of the integral collar a large cabochon black onyx. Full barked honey toned malacca shaft and bone ferrule. An unusual and very dressy cane. Handle is 1.5" high x 2.75" wide, L: 35 in/ 89 cm. View Item Est. $1200-$1500
138. A gentleman's, country walking stick, 1890-1900, with curved horn handle, gold collar and a light, perhaps birch shaft with twig spurs etched in ink with what appear to be tobacco leaves. Long original bi-metal ferrule. Handle is 4" across, L: 35.5 in/ 90 cm. View Item Est. $400-$600
139. A silver continental dress cane with a sterling- silver handle of a woman who is contorted nude with long tresses unashamedly showing her niceties. Full bamboo beech-wood shaft and bi-metal ferrule. Handle is 1.75" round, L: 36 in./91 cm. View Item Est. $2600-$3200
140. An American cactus cane with long windings. A light but very sturdy cane. All one piece. L: 50.25 in/ 128 cm. View Item Est. $400-$600
141. An antique Continental ivory handled, carved Hornbill¹s head, with scrimshawed details, circa 1860-80, with ivory eyes, crown-mounted silver collar, briarwood shaft with original bimetal ferrule. See Catherine Bike, Les Canne Objet-Art, cover illustration for a nearly identical example. Handle is 7 in. wide, L: 35.75 in/ 90.5 cm. View Item Est. $1800-$2400.
142. A four-part all-wood Artist's Easel systems stick, Continental, ca.1900, with three equal-sized pieces which swivel out to form a fan, which is an effective easel mount. One minor chip on one of the three pieces, top cap lacking. Original iron mounts. L: 31.5 in./80 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800.
143. Continental silver dress cane with plinth handle surmounted by a gold swan. This figural piece is inset in a tapered convex ring handle-top, on a black ebony shaft with black horn ferrule. A very dressy piece from the Art Nouveau period. Handle is 2.25 in. high, L: 37 in/ 94 cm. View Item Est. $1400-1800.
144. A cane believed carried by Emperor Napoleon. An interesting cane with historic provenance, in this case having a connection to the Emperor Napoleon I. Acquired in Vancouver B.C. in 1997 through a highly reputable dealer, this item was found in an old estate in that city. The cane itself is unremarkable, save for an old letter wrapped around it, and a label saying that it was Napoleon¹s cane, and came "From a Castle in Belgium". Having the stature of the Emperor in mind, a cane this long was obviously not custom-fashioned, and its style is far too modest for a man of the Emperor¹s wealth and stature. However, according to the letter found with the cane (and reproduced below, with translation following), said item was taken up and used by the Emperor during his visit with one Mme van Aellrouck at her Belgian estate during the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The letter establishing the piece¹s provenance, in French, was written by a Colonel in the Garde Civique (G.C.) on duty at the time of the visit, and dated 1830. The letter reads: "CANNE DE NAPOLEON AVEC LAQUELLE IL S¹EST PROMINE AU JARDIN DE MME VAN AELLROUCK AVANT CHASSE SOLE LIE (COLONEL DE LA GARDE CIVIQUE) SOLTGEN 1830". Both letter and cane have been examined in Paris and judged to be of the correct period (first quarter nineteenth century), while the unvarying width of the ink line was problematic. To reject this provenance is to accept the somewhat far fetched notion that someone would pen such a letter for posterity with the intention of fooling others almost two centuries later. L: 36 in/ 91.5 cm. View Item Est. $5000+
145. A modified antler tau-handled English country walking stick with Birmingham 1896 hallmarks on a dented silver collar, blackened rosewood shaft, bimetal ferrule. Handle is 1.5 x 4.5 in. across, L: 35.75 in/ 90.5 cm. View Item Est. $200-$400.
146. A weighted European silver crutch-handled heraldic Eagle cane, the silver handle fashioned into a stylized Eagle with head and neck feathers. Partridge wood shaft, metal ferrule, Handle is 3 in. high x 3.75 in. wide, L: 38.75 in/ 98 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900.
147. A Continental folk art cane with twisted crutch handle ending in the head of an old man with long beard and feathered head gear. Original bark to shaft, with brass spiked ferrule. Handle is 5 in. across, L: 35.5 in/ 90 cm. View Item Est. $400-$600.
148. A handsome and very well executed, straight up Continental ivory-handled cane, ca.1890, showing three dogs and their human companion on a walk. The man wears a hat and carries a long staff, and is shown resting his elbow on a fence of rocks, his hunter/retriever-type dogs relaxed and prepared to do his bidding. Excellent carving throughout. Brass collar and ebony hardwood shaft. Handle is 3 in. high x 1.25 in. diameter, L: 36 in./91 cm. View Item Est. $1900-$2300..
149. A nineteenth century French solid gold straight up tapered-handle cane with blank cartouche on top of handle. Around the handle¹s circumference are elaborate floral designs. Narrow ring collar above a snake wood shaft with horn ferrule. Paris hallmarks. Handle is 1.5 in. high x 7/8 in. diameter, L: 36.25 in/ 92 cm. 36 in/ 91.5cm. View Item Est. $900-$1100.
150. A highly unusual "chair" system stick, having on the flat seat portion a metal plaque inscribed "CENTENNIAL REST, PAT¹D MAY 2 1876". Seat is oval, and fixes on a straight cylindrical shaft to which it is mounted. A handsome and clever piece in excellent condition, obviously dating to the 1876 Centennial Exhibition . L: 33.5 in/ 85 cm. View Item Est: $700-$900.
151. A souvenir cane from the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Consisting of one piece of wood with straight-up handle, on top of which is a human figure with nail eyes, and along the sides from top to bottom the words: PEARL HARBOR DISASTER DECEMBER 7, 1941, below which are the following carvings: airplane, bomb and target, red cross and stars, then a circle and a star and another face with nail eyes, red separations having geometric designs, below which are twinned hearts, two different segments and a barley twist pattern above a nailed wooden ferrule. A rare and wonderful souvenir from this famous military incident. L: 32 in/ 81 cm. View Item Est. $1100-1400.
152. A systems stick holding a syringe and needles, British, dating from the period of W.W.I., with a tau-shaped handle of bone, with floral decorated silver mounts and collar, inscribed with the name: William Christie. Handle unscrews to reveal a fitted glass syringe and two metal needles. Full bark honey-toned malacca shaft showing some wear. Long brass ferrule. This may have belonged to a Field Doctor or for that matter to an individual who self-administered the drugs. Some wear to the outfacing silver mounts, o/w in excellent condition. Handle is 1.25 in. high x 5 in. wide, L: 34.5 in/ 87.5 cm. View Item Est. $2300-$2800.
153. A "trench-art" cane, 1933 Birmingham, with straight up handle made from one piece of wood, traces of black pigment , thin eyelets, below which a collar with floral designs. Remainder of shaft is in elaborate medium relief carving of vines and leaves. At top of shaft, scroll banner with the inscription: BESSY.1918, and carved into the shaft, VANNES LE CHATEL . Some age cracks, carved ferrule. L: 34.5 in/ 87 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1000.
154. An American walking stick with sterling crutch handle having floral designs, below which, flush with the rosewood shaft, is a beautiful collar with monogrammed initials in center and much openwork. Handle is 4.25 in. across, L: 35 in/ 89 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800.
155. An American folk art cane with a tapering four-sided handle with flat top, below which a square box with stars on all four sides, below which four hearts, and below which another box with cut corners with diamonds and other designs on two sides and the initials FJ on the other two sides. Below this top section a carved area roughly half the length of the shaft in classic accordion design. The remainder is cylindrical. Handle is 2.25 in. high, L: 34.5 in/ 87 cm. View Item Est. $600-$900.
156. A W.W.II. P..O..W. cane carved from one piece of wood, with a straight up handle with rounded top stained dark plum. Collar has City Arms with crossed flags, the Red Cross and French Tri-Color, and the words in medium relief: "SEENGEN 1940". Below this is a strong floral design terminating in a creature, polychromed throughout, and on a spiraling banner the words: "SOUVENIR D¹UN INTERN FRANCAIS" . Very old black rubber ferrule. L: 34 in./86.5 cm. View Item Est. $1200-$1400.
157. A one-piece American folk art marbles cane with a straight up handle. Below this a 14-inch section having four squared columns filled with 12 older marbles. Initials "NT" on three sides, and "LN" on fourth. A classic American whimsy stick . L: 36 in/ 91.5 cm. View Item Est. $500-$700 .
158. A classic weapon stick composed of a hard iron ball handle, tapering brass collar and hardwood shaft with brass ferrule. At the top of the shaft inset in mother-of-pearl are stars, crescents, the Iron Cross, diamonds and triangles, all suggesting a perhaps Teutonic origin. A dangerous cane masquerading as an innocent walking stick. Handle is 1.5 in. round, L: 32.75 in/83 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500.
159. An all-bone segmented black cane with elaborate colored bone inserts. Modified crutch/tau handle on a multi-segmented shaft, each segment inset with red and white bone dots. Very decorative. Metal ferrule. Handle is 4.5 in. long, L: 34 in./86 cm. View Item Est. $500-$700.
160. A rare ivory-handled dress cane carved to resemble Lord Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, famous Victorian English political leader (died 1870¹s). Full bark malacca shaft with white bone ferrule. A very interesting Victorian cane, obviously having belonged to an admirer of Disraeli. Some age checks to the head, otherwise most attractive. Handle is 2.25 in. high, L: 37.5 in/ 95 cm. View Item Est. $1800-$2600.
161. An American silver plate-over-copper figural cane, the handle fashioned in the image of a donkey with ears flared back. Silver collar with oak shaft, the shaft treated with an elaborate Art Nouveau sterling cartouche engraved: "M D SANDERS 1924 U OF GA BS.AG". Original horn ferrule. Handle is 2 in. high x 4.75 in. wide, L: 35.75 in/ 91 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900.
162. An American folk art cane, ca.1920. One-piece wood with straight up ball handle on a dramatically tapering shaft which broadens from the top point to a gentle curve, then recedes to a cylindrical form for the balance, the central flared portion decorated with perhaps a dozen segments consisting of geometric designs. The balance of the shaft has four segments of similar patterns. Handsome carving. Handle is 2 in. round, L: 32.75 in/ 83.5 cm. View Item Est. $ 300-$500.
163. An ivory-handled cane with a pear-shaped straight up handle with good graining and patination. Shaft is partridge wood with silver eyelets and original brass ferrule. Handle is 1.75 in. high, L: 37.5 in./95 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500.
164. An English walking stick with a tau-shaped horn handle, elaborate and tall, with hallmarked (Birmingham 1899 ) silver floral patterned collar with monogramed and engraved cartouche, dated 1903. Shaft is ebony hardwood with cartridge casing ferrule. Handle is 1.5 in. high x 4.5 in wide, L: 34 in/ 86.5 cm. View Item Est. $400-$600.
165. An outstanding American nautical cane with tau-shaped walrus ivory handle. Separate baleen collar and whalebone shaft with black horn ferrule. The handle has figural carvings on both ends, one a polar bear with black eyes, nose and teeth and red mouth and tongue; the other a seal with black eyes, nose and mouth. Handle is 2 in. high x 5.5 in. wide, L: 37 in./94 cm. View Item Est. $2800-$3600.
166. An early American walking stick ca.1750-1800, with a straight up antler handle with silver cartouche, left blank, set into the handle. Turned silver collar. The briarwood shaft is rich brown in color and patination, with eyelet holes and original long brass ferrule as well. Handle is 2.25 in. high, L: 37.5 in/ 92 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1000.
167. An American political cane from the 1933 Chicago World¹s Fair, the handle a metal bust of FDR. Ebony hardwood shaft. Handle is 2.75 in. high, L: 36.5 in/ 92.5 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800.
168. A sophisticated camera/tripod systems stick with a curved bamboo handle, silver collar and the complete tripod on extendable legs which collapse and fit perfectly within the shaft. All the parts in complete working order. On the inside of the handle, a metal tab bears the word :" JAKI" . White metal spiked ferrule A classic of its kind. Handle is 5 in. across, L: 35 in/ 88.5 cm. View Item Est. $900-$1100.
169. A Meissen figural handle in the image of a gentleman in top-hat , high collar, and richly-colored waistcoat A polychromed piece of the late 19th-Century, with double-ring gold collar, black ebony shaft with black horn ferrule. Handle is 2 in. high x 1.25 in. wide, L: 37.75 in/ 96 cm. View Item Est. $1000-$1400.
170. An American folk art cane with twin snakes encircling the entire shaft, between which are twig spurs top to bottom. Polychromed and stained, with rubber ferrule, Ca.1900. L: 35.25 in/ 89.5 cm. View Item Est. $200-$400.
171. A very fine American whaling cane with a straight up whale ivory handle, tapered with octagonal black baleen and whale ivory separators . Whale bone shaft, with slight curve towards the ferrule. The shaft has a baleen diamond-shaped top. Original bimetal ferrule. Handle is 3 in. high 1.25 in. wide, L: 35 in./89 cm. View Item Est. $1400-$1800.
172. An American silver-plated brass figural-handled cane, rather heavy, ca.1910-30, fashioned to resemble a boxer dog with a very ornate floral patterned silver collar, with brad fasteners, and blank cartouche. The shaft is hardwood, burgundy-stained, and original bimetal ferrule. Given the weight of the handle, a cane likely conceived for use as a weapon. Handle is 3 1/3 in. high x 2 in. wide, L: 35 in/ 90.5 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800.
173. A simple but straightforward gentleman's walking cane with angled handle-cap, sterling mounts and original bimetal ferrule, brown-colored finish. L: 35 in/ 89 cm. View Item Est. $100-$300.
174. A folk art cane with an angled modified L handle, carved to resemble a woman with formal coiffure, high collar and hands in repose. Very stylized in execution. A group of letters at the top of the shaft. Original brass ferrule, ca. early twentieth century. Handle is 3 in. long, L: 37 in/ 94 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800.
175. A highly decorative lady's gambling cane, having a pear-shaped straight up handle beautifully decorated on the exterior with porcelain and pearls, a decorative floral scene within. Copper ring holds in place a brass cover, concealing two ivory dice within on a white platform. Gold gilt copper collar, full bark malacca shaft with horn ferrule, Handle is 1.25 in. high x 1 1/8 in. diameter, L: 35 in/ 89 cm. View Item Est. $1300-$1500.
176. A very handsome Nautical cane, the handle L-shape of dove-tailed whale ivory with baleen separators , silver collar, hardwood shaft and brass ferrule. Handle is 3 in. high x 3.75 in. wide, L: 37 cm/ 94 cm. View Item Est. $700-900
177. A Continental folk art cane carved from one piece of wood, with ball handle, ca. 1880-1920, showing a man with dark blue glass eyes, a snake emerging from his open mouth, itself having black glass eyes. At the back of his head is a whimsical camel, also with black glass eyes, its open mouth with tongue apparent. Original brass ferrule on an unvarnished shaft. A wonderful example of Continental folk art. Handle is 6.25 in. across, L: 34.5 in/ 87 cm. View Item Est. $1400-$1800.
178. A Continental French dress cane with a tapering mushroom cap handle of aquamarine guilloche. Handle unscrews to reveal hollow shaft. Silver collar beneath which is a rosewood shaft and horn ferrule. A few chips on the edge do not detract. Handle is 8.75 in. high x 1.5 in. diameter, L: 39 in/ 99.5 cm. View Item Est. $1400-$1800.
179. A Continental silver-handled walking stick, the handle bearing elaborate floral designs, the top having a double-ringed cartouche with engraved initials within. Original malacca shaft, circa 1860. Handle is 2.75 in x 1/18 in. diameter. high, L: 34 in/ 86 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500.
180. A folk art cane carved from one piece of wood, with crutch handle flaring out at its tip coming almost to resemble a shepherd¹s crook . On the back of the handle is a deeply-carved smiling face with robust cheeks and black glass eyes. Handle is 4.5 in. across, L: 32.75 in/ 83 cm. View Item Est. $600-800.
181. A handsome nautical cane of silver and whale-bone, with a curved handle and a wide silver collar at the elbow, engraved: "HLHVAAL". The shaft is cross-hatched over half of its length. Circa 1880-1910. Handle is 4.75" across, L: 34.25 in/ 87 cm. View Item Est. $1800-$2400.
182. A dress cane, the handle straight-up with convex ribbing alternating with those of floral design, inscribed cartouche at handle-top in several lines: "F G MORSE FROM POMPEII, B C S N". Hardwood shaft with bimetal ferrule, the ferrule marked: "Isaac A Smith". A one-of-a-kind piece. Handle is 2.25 in. high x 1 in. diameter, L: 34.25 in/ 87 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1200.
183. A Continental folk art cane with curved handle, carved from one piece of wood. The handle terminates in an upright plaque on which is carved a bust of William Shakespeare, or a person having his. Likely English, circa 1880, with bark on the shaft and original iron spike ferrule. L: 37.75 in/ 96 cm. View Item Est. $1400-$1800.
184. A gold dress cane, possibly Continental, with straight up ribbed handle with modest mushroom cap top, with blank cartouche, and collar integral with the handle having three gold ribs. Snake wood shaft with black horn ferrule. Ca. 1900. Handle is 3.25 in. high x 1 in. diameter, L: 35 in/ 89 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1200.
185. A Continental ivory-handled cane, very well carved and fashioned into the image of a "Biedermeier boy" with an upturned collar, puffed shoulders and sleeves, and feathered cap. Handle is 2.75 in. high x 1.25 in. wide, L: 37.5 in./95 cm. View Item Est. $1600-$2000.
186. A classic American folk art cane carved from one piece of wood, having a bulbous handle, five inches below which is a trapezoidal wooden platform on which one sees the head of a snake which encircles the remainder of the shaft. The snake has bone eyes, and is depicted taking a bite out of a russet-colored frog. Well-carved, contemporary-looking cane, likely American and ca.1900. L: 37 in/ 94 cm. View Item Est. $1400-$1800.
187. A classic art nouveau tau-handled dress cane, the silver handle a delicately rendered head of a woman in strong relief, a huge flower festooned in her hair, the tresses flowing downward as well as outward towards the handle cap. Integrated silver collar, marked, ebony hardwood shaft with cartridge case ferrule. Handle is 3 in. high x 3.5 in., L: 35 in/89 cm. View Item Est. $1600-$2000.
188. An interesting curved-handled walking stick, segmented and scrimshawed overall with renderings of phantasmagoric creatures. At the handle cap one finds a snake with plumage, at the elbow a flying creature with nail eyes, then various and sundry creatures in each of the segments, all with nail eyes: reptilians, dragons, insects, as well as villages, walking creatures, four-masted ships, birds, African animals, floral designs, etc. The centermost segment is inscribed: "GRIMSBY TOWER". Beneath is: "HEIGHT 1900 FEET". Probably English, carved by a seaman to commemorate a visit to this landmark. Original metal ferrule. A most fantastic souvenir item. Handle is 5.5 in. across, L: 36.25 in/ 92.5 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1200..
189. A Parade Torch systems stick having a handle of ringed silver, capped by a brown and beige agate ball which unscrews to reveal a chamber to fuel a wick, and cotton wadding. The turned silver handle mount joins with a decorated silver collar on a mahogany shaft with horn ferrule. Handle is 2.5 in. high x 1.5 in. diameter, L: 35 in/ 89 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900.
190. A slender and highly decorative pre-art nouveau English cane with a marked L handle and silver cap decorated in low relief floral design. The top is inscribed: "KASCHAU 30-IV-1901", in two lines. Black ebony shaft with black horn ferrule. Birmingham hallmarks. Handle is 3 in. high x 2.5 in. wide, L: 36 in/ 91 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1000.
191. A Persian, Sasanian-style high silver cane. Numerous animal and human figures in low- to medium-relief in a visual interplay. A naïve style, convex top handle-cap decorated in a floral design, black ebony shaft with black horn ferrule. Qajar-Pahlevi. Handle is 4 in. high x 7/8 in. diameter, L: 36.75 in/ 93.5. View Item Est. $800-$1000.
192. A squared crutch handle of horn joined to an ebony mahogany shaft with an intricate and highly stylized 14 K gold crown mount. Light bone ferrule. A dress cane from the early twentieth Century. Handle is 4.5 in. across, L: 35.75 in/ 90.5 cm. View Item Est. $900-$1300.
193. An American folk art cane with straight up handle, carved from one piece of wood with carved rings, a section of barley twist turning, additional bulbous rings and a soft-cornered four-sided shaft. NHF L: 32.25 in/ 82 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500.
194. A classic flask cane with a corked, very long ( 24-inch/61cm) flask with silver and ivory-capped corked stopper within the dark orange-toned shaft. Silver collar, with a bimetal ferrule. Handle is 5/8 in. high x 1 in. diameter, L: 36.25 in/ 92 cm. View Item Est. 700-$900.
195. An American whaling cane with an ivory-toothed tau handle with turned silver end cap, scrimshawed: "GIVEN TO CAPTAIN WILLIAM MAYHEW", below which is depicted a "Great Whale" below which is the date "APRIL 3 1870". Dark mahogany shaft with ivory ferrule. Handle is 3.6 in. high x 6 in. wide, L: 33 in/ 84 cm. View Item Est. $2400-$2800.
196. A handsome French-hallmarked country walking stick with curved horn handle, solid gold collar with I K monogram, full bark malacca shaft with a rich honey tone, brass ferrule. Handle is 4.5 in. across, L: 34.75 in/ 88 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1200.
197. A diamond willow walking stick featuring a well detailed carved snake encircling the shaft, the head treated so that it projects away from the surface. L: 36.25 in/ 92 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900.
198. A whale ivory-handled cane with a bulbous handle-cap, with a concave plug in the center (filling the hollow of the ivory). Black ebony shaft with white horn ferrule. Handle is 2.75 in. high x 1 in. diameter, L: 36 in/ 91 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800.
199. An Asian (Chinese?) silver tau-handled cane with elaborate designs suggestive of a sinewy dragon, the elaborate decorative elements in low relief with a cartouche on one side with three monogrammed initials. Both handle caps have slight dents from wear. Mahogany shaft, ferrule lacking. Handle is 1.5 in. high x 4 in. wide, L: 36.5 in/ 93 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800.
200. A handsome folk art cane with straight up handle, carved from one piece of wood, with barley twist turnings and the open mouth of a mud fish from which the remainder of the shaft emerges, itself encircled by four snakes,. All of a background of small squares, two above mid-shaft of a Turks head knot, and two below. The remainder of the shaft finished with elaborate leaf designs. Original metal ferrule. Ca. 1900-20. L: 31.5 in/ 80 cm. View Item Est. $1100-$1300.
201. A Continental ivory-handled cane, the straight up handle carved to resemble the visage of man with upturned mustache and goatee and a flat visor cap to finish this striking representation. Fluted/banded copper collar, raised center band and dark-stained bamboo shaft with original metal ferrule. Handle is 2.5 in. high x 2 in. wide, L: 35.5 in/ 90 cm. View Item Est. $1200-$1600.
202. An American Odd-Fellows' "Lodge Art" staff of diamond willow wood, circa early twentieth century, with a one-piece wooden ring nailed to the top of the straight up handle, and below this, carved into the shaft, is a message in lodge-art symbols. The remainder of the staff is covered with various symbols including the "all-knowing eye", the skull and cross bones, scythe, the bow & arrow, twin tablets of the Ark, heart and hand, hourglass, headstone, Scales of Justice and a bucket. A tour de force of Lodge Art symbology on a still quite sturdy staff with blond and russet staining. L: 59.75 in/152 cm. View Item Est. $700-$1000.
203. Painting of a Man with Cane. Oil on canvas, mid-nineteenth century, possibly Italian, of a man of high station dressed for a formal sitting, including his dress cane. Actual oil painting is 30.75 in. x 25, 36 in. x 31.5 in. framed. On cover of Catalog! View Item Est. $5000-$7500
204. Silver-handled Continental dress cane, Ca. 1910-40, with a pistol grip handle fashioned into a rather detailed rendition of an Eagle. ebony hardwood shaft, silver collar, and white bone ferrule. Handle is 2.75 in. high x 3.25 in. wide, L: 35.75 in/91 cm. View Item Est. $800-1000.
205. Simple but cleverly conceived two-piece newspaper rack systems stick, the two halves of the shaft pivoting on a center axis point to enable the user to bind the paper between them. Original cord, ca. early twentieth century. L: 32 in/ 81.5 cm. View Item Est. $300-$400.
206. An American diamond willow cane, ca. 1910-1930, with open areas including a carved snake and three carved birds, all original to the wood itself. A good example of this genre. L: 33.5 in/84 cm. View Item Est. $600-$800.
207. An L-handled antler-headed walking stick with a silver collar inscribed: "CANNING PLACE GROVE LANE DENMARK HILL" , the other side bearing a monogram "FO". Honey-toned full bark malacca shaft, original bimetal ferrule. Handle is 1.5 in. high x 4 in. wide, L: 36.25 in/ 92 cm. View Item Est. $400-$600.
208. A classic writer's, or lawyer's, writing stick, consisting of and containing three parts: a pen, a pencil and a Stanhope, the image unclear. Original full wood-grained cover intact, somewhat loose fitting between top two sections. Original copper ferrule. L: 35.5 in./89.5 cm. View Item Est. $700-$900.
209. An American country walking stick with L-shaped bone handle with finger grooves on the underside. Tall silver collar inscribed with initials TE, full bark, honey-toned malacca shaft showing some wear. Brass ferrule. Handle is 1.25 in. high x 4 in. wide, L: 33.5 in/ 89 cm. View Item Est. $200-$400.
210. A classic American folk art cane with an important feature. The straight up handle is carved as the "Spirit of the Wilderness", but, additionally, beneath it is carved the image of a deer, on the shaft¹s most prominent twig spur. Some age checks, with spurs along the entire shaft. Ca.1870. L: 34 in/ 86 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1000.
211. A slender ivory-handled walking stick. Thin straight up handle with matching ivory eyelets on an ebony hardwood shaft with copper ferrule. Handle is 1.75 in. high x 1/2 in. wide, L: 38.25 in/ 97.25 cm. View Item Est. $100-$200.
212. A one-piece all wood curved-handled walking stick with its angled handle-cap and twig spurs along the entire shaft covered with bone. Traces of original black paint. Ca. late nineteenth century. Handle is 4.25 in. across, L: 33 in/ 84 cm. View Item Est. $200-$300.
213. A heavy wood Indonesian (Bali?) cane, having a modified crutch handle, the entire piece carved and polychromed green, black, red and gold over its surface to resemble a cobra, fangs drawn. Very dramatic. L: 37.5 in/ 95 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500.
214. An art nouveau sterling silver-handled cane with a modified L-handle having elaborate medium-relief modeling and related designs. A few wear dents and soldering points at the elbow of the handle. Engraved on collar, "Jas Rothschild". Ebony shaft, rubber-tipped. Handle is 3 in. high x 4.75 in. wide, L: 36.5 in/ 93 cm. View Item Est. $100-$200.
215. A very interesting American folk art cane carved to resemble a totem pole, with faces conveying numerous expressions segmenting this piece. There are seven faces, each having glass-bead eyes, with nail ferrule, ca. early twentieth century. L: 34 in/ 86 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500.
216. A primitive American cane, likely from Pennsylvania, showing a blue-suited man in a chair wearing a bow-tie and hat, his hands on his knees, dog at his side. A white snake with green spots encircles the upper portion of the shaft. Wound ferrule, circa early twentieth century. Handle is (seated man) 6.75" high, L: 36.5 in/ 92.5 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500.
217. An English decorative cane, ca. early twentieth century, the handle of boxwood enhanced by a cluster of artificial cherries. Beneath a thin gold collar a partridge wood shaft and bi-metal ferrule. L: 35.5 in./90 cm. View Item Est. $1100-$1400.
218. A gentlemen's walking stick with turned ivory knob handle and decorated bamboo shaft. Horn ferrule. Handle is 4.5" across, L: 33 .5 in./85 cm. View Item Est. $200-$300
219. A fine silver and snakeskin cane, ca. 1920-1930. The silver handle is hallmarked (poss. French). All parts original. Condition excellent. Handle is 2 in. high, L: 33.25 in./84.5 cm. View Item Est. $800-$1000.
220. A gentleman's handsome walking stick with modified clutch handle of horn. The several spurs are set with sterling. It has a German- silver collar with beaded top and bottom. Oak shaft with white metal ferrule. L: 34 .5 in./87.5 cm. View Item Est. $300-$500
221. A lot of 5 antique cane handles! Two inscribed silver cap handles, one of which is stamped Gorham, the other inscribed 1885 from England and hallmarked Birmingham. One Persian with long handle with hallmark and floral design, one made of German silver with circular design, the last with modified tau handle. View Item Est. $300/5
222. A lot of 5 canes. All wood. Two with knob handles (one of which is in brass), and two with crook handles. The best of which has a Viennese handle from the 19th century with a chased gold plated 3 1/2" wide bronze crutch handle over a 3 1/4" high blue porcelain shaft (broken) but remaining portion beautifully painted with the portrait of a dog. Mounted on a brown ebony shaft with horn ferrule. Overall length 35". Fifth cane is a folk art cane with whimsical face on side of "L" shaped handle. View Item Est. $500-$700/5
223. Book Lot. Walking Stick Papers by Robert Cortes Holliday, George H. Doran Company, N.Y. 1918, 309 pages, hard cover. A must for the serious cane collectors¹ library. View Item Est. $400-$500
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