Lot Closed
November 23, 04:51 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
An interesting collection of th📖irty-four walking sticks and canes
late 19th/early 20th century
comprising 13 silver-mounted examples with 'crook' handles in malacca, native timbers, bamboo and ebonised wood; 5 carved wood 'Treen' examples, including an unusual example with a finial in the form of a horses head, rosewood stick with 'club' finial and an example with clenched hand terminal stamped 'Pitcairn Island'; 2 silver mounted canes with knop handles; a silver mounted ebonised example with 'Derby' handle and a similar bamboo example mounted with a coin; an example with painted crook type handle in the form of a birds head; 2 silver mounted stag antler L-shaped terminal sticks, a Chinese silver mounted malacca stick, impressed 925; a stick composed of bone with ebonised terminal; a mother of pearl inlaid mahogany cane; an example inlaid with metal wire; a Rwandan Tutsi beadwork walking stick with ring terminal and an English shooting stick with hinged dividing handle together with three English glas⭕s examples, one hollow and filled with beads 𒅌arranged in patterns (34)
longest 106cm.; 3ft. 5 3/4in. longest glass example 100c🍸m.; 3ft. 3 1/2in.