This handsome late Victorian dress cane sports a 7-inch long sterling silver (stamped) repoussee handle with a beautiful period script monogram TGH. The top of the knob is 2 inches in diameter. The handle topsa half-inch thick cocobolo shaft and bi-metal tip, and the stick itself measures 35-3/4 inches overall in length. The gentleman who owns this cane cannot help but look dapper when he carries it.
This exquisite circa 1920s lady's walking stick has a handpainted porcelain handle depicting a lady gathering flowers, accompanied by a winged cherub. The painting is precise with cobalt blue both above and below the painting. The handle measures 5 inches in length x 3/4 inch in diameter and tapers before it meets the slender stamped 14K gold collar. The macassar ebony shaft terminates in a 1-3/8 inch long bimetal tip. Overall length is 36 inches.
This handsome vintage presentation walking stick sports a gold-filled knob handle above an ebonized ebony shaft that terminates in a bi-metal tip. The handle, which is 2 inches in length by 1-1/2 inches in diameter, is engraved in beautiful old script "Louis Rohrer Presented by the Students and Graduates of Rohrer's Commercial College." The tip is 1-2/4 inches and overall length of the stick is 34-1/2 inches. There is a Rohrer College of Business at Rowan University in Glassboro, N ...click for details
This circa 1830 cap and ball gun cane is extremely versatile---it may be used either as a pistol or a rifle. Patented in 1823 by John Day of Barnstaple, England who was considered to be the first to develop a percussion cap lock mechanism for a gun cane. This mechanism was also the most popular cap and ball cane. The partially wooden handle measures 7-7/8 x 5 inches and overall length is 36-1/2 inches.
This circa 1860 Victorian American percussion cap and ball gun cane is small and a great stick to take out on an evening walk. Its function is easily concealed. Hallmarked and with the original wooden ferrule, this gun cane measures 33 inches overall. The handle is 7 x 3-1/2 inches.
This is a rare Victorian breech loading cartridge fire gun cane. Handle measures 3-3/4 x 3-1/4 inches and has a horn cap on the end. 33-3/4 inches overall. The pictures tell the story. This one is for the discriminating collector.
This Victorian 410 breech loading gun cane is functional, in extremely fine condition and could be used with ease on a crowded street if it were necessary. The breech-loading mechanism opens the cartridge chamber for quick inserting of the shell by twisting the wrist and pulling backwards. Reversing the motion closes the chamber, readying the gun for firing. Produced as a concealed weapon to be used for self defense and for poaching, the best gun canes were inconspicuous and did not look at all ...click for details
This handsome and hefty 1920s walking stick has a large carved crutch handle, measuring 5 x 5 inches---easy to hitch over the back of a chair or into your waistband so as to be hands free. The handle is probably of buffalo horn. The shaft is an exotic African hardwood and just below the handle has circular ivory inserts and some turning. A three-inch long bimetal tip gives it a spiffy look. Overall length of this unusual cane is 35 inches.
This beautiful Victorian walking stick has a porcelain knob handle (4 x 1-5/8 inches) that is positively blooming with roses. A small gold collar decorates the snakewood shaft, which terminates with a bimetal tip. Overall length of this colorful walking stick is 36 inches.
This decorative circa 1870s walking stick has an ornate gold filled L shaped handle that has been chased and engraved and tops a snakewood shaft and bimetal tip. The handle measures 3 x 2-1/2 inches and is engraved with the letters LFR and March 26, 1874. Overall length is 34-1/2 inches. This is a lovely dress cane.
This 1920s presentation cane was given to Cincinnati Judge Samuel W. Bell as a Christmas gift in 1928. Judge Bell was a blind judge who founded the Home for the Sightless in Cincinnati. He once sentenced electrician Ray Burke to 5 days in jail for "disturbing the peace" when Bell was on the job, hammering outside the judge's courtroom. A horn handle, measuring 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches, tops a 1-1/2-inch collar with shield with the engraving "Judge Samuel W. Bell Christmas 1928&qu ...click for details
This late Victorian-to turn-of-the-century walking stick has an exquisitely carved ivory full-bodied lion for a handle. The lion is exceptionally realistic, with glass eyes, and in pristine condition. The ivory portion is 5-1/8 x 1-3/4 inches. It sits above a 1/2-inch metal collar and an ebony shaft that has been ebonized. The horn tip measures 1-1/2 inches. Overall length of this spectacular stick is 35-1/2 inches overall.
This wonderful whale ivory risque lady's leg walking stick is beautifully carved and a very nice example of this nautical motif. The ivory leg measures 2-1/4 x 3 inches. Below it are rings of ivory, ebony and rosewood, topping an ebony shaft that has been ebonized. The shaft terminates in a 3-inch bi-metal tip. The overall length of this late 1880s-1890s walking stick is 35-1/2 inches.
This unusual vintage South American riding whip came fresh from a Palm Beach estate, whose owners spent a lot of time in Argentina. A metal knob handle has a linked metal wrist strap and it tops a collar adorned with a horse head and horse shoe medallion. Handle and collar measure 3-1/4 x 1-3/8 inches. A crucifix in relief is applied to the hardwood shaft. Attached by a metal ring to the metal tip is a 10-inch braided rawhide thong or lash. The thong appears to be a replacement and actually look ...click for details
This mid 1800s Victorian walking stick sports an unusual elephant ivory handle carved in the shape of a horse's head. Instead of the horse's head forming the handle, it sprouts out from the short end of the L. The ivory portion is 2-3/4 x 4 inches above a brass collar and a half bark malacca shaft with a spent shell casing for a ferrule---no doubt an old tip replacement and an ingenious one at that. The horse's head is well detailed in the crisply carved teeth, flattened ears, large ...click for details
