VICTORIAN WALKING STICK/IVORY CARVED BIRDS/EBONY

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1900: item #589941
IvoryBirds

This Victorian walking stick has an intricately carved handle of elephant ivory depicting a mother bird with her babies who have made a nest in an overturned bucket. Surrounding the birds are carved flowers and foliage. Ivory handle dimensions are 2-1/2 inches x 1-1/4 inches. A slender 3/4-inch gold tone collar tops a 5/8-inch ebony shaft with a 1-inch black horn tip. Overall length of this beautiful cane is 35-3/4 inches.

19TH CENTURY IVORY PISTOL GRIP CANE/EAGLE IN RELIEF

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1900: item #589930
IvoryEagle

This terrific Victorian walking stick boasts an elephant ivory pistol grip handle with an eagle crisply carved in relief. The eagle motif reflects the surge of patriotism in nineteenth-century America. The handle measures 4-1/2 inches in length and 1-1/4 inches in width. A hammered 14K gold collar tops a hardwood shaft of wenge (an exotic dark chocolate brown wood from West Africa) with a horn tip. The overall length of this handsome stick is 35-1/2 inches.

VICTORIAN WALKING STICK/LARGE FIGURAL DOG

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1900: item #589917
HornDog

This very large Victorian animal walking stick is realistically carved from horn in the shape of a dog sitting on his haunches. The figure of the dog measures 4-3/4 inches in height x 2 inches in depth x 1-1/2 inches wide. He has glass eyes and a rugged shaggy coat. He sits above a one-inch hallmarked silver collar engraved "J. KOTTLEY ATLANTA.GA" and a dense inch-thick shaft of lignum vitae with a 1-1/4-inch black horn tip. Overall length is 36 inches. This is an awesome cane for animal lovers.... Click for details

IVORY HORSE,DOG,SADDLE JOCKEY'S CAP WALKING STICK

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1910: item #577713
HorseDogSC

This fabulous Victorian walking stick boasts a walrus ivory crook handle realistically carved with a horse's head, a dog's head, a saddle and a jockey's cap. Beautifully detailed, the animals even have glass eyes. The ivory handle measures 4-1/2 x 1 inch and tops an ebonized hardwood shaft with one-inch metal tip. Overall length is 38-1/2 inches.

IVORY HANDLED CANE EMBEDDED W/SILVER RACEHORSES

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1920: item #577704
2SilverHor

This unusual equine walking stick has an elephant ivory handle embedded with two silver race horses and their jockeys on a solid walnut shaft with sterling silver collar. The stamped sterling collar is 1/4 inch. The ivory handle is 4-3/4 x 1 inches. A 3-1/4-inch long horn and metal tip completes the stick. Overall length is 36-3/4 inches.

VICTORIAN WALKING STICK/IVORY CARVED ELK HANDLE

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1910: item #577406
Elk

This fine-looking 19th-century walking stick sports a walrus ivory pistol grip handle realistically carved to depict an elk. The ivory portion measures 4-1/2 x 2 inches. Beneath the elk's head and neck is a shield. The animal's eyes are glass. The elk wears a thin (1/2 inch) etched silver collar over an ebonized hardwood shaft with horn tip. Overall length is 36 inches.

VICTORIAN IVORY DRESS/SILVER CAP HANDLE CANE/ XMAS GIFT

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1900: item #577349
IvoryTauSS

This handsome Victorian dress cane has an elephant ivory tau handle capped in silver, a sterling collar, a stepped bamboo shaft with bi-metal tip. The ivory portion measures 4-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches; the 1-inch collar is stamped 925/100; and the tip is 1-1/2 inches. Overall length: 35 inches. Engraved on the silver cap is "CHG Xmas 1898". This cane was no doubt someone's much loved Christmas present.

c.1890 CARVED IVORY HORSE HEAD CANE/SILVER INLAY

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1900: item #577078
IvoryHorsP

Equine walking sticks were very popular with the Victorians, who loved to carry canes commemorating their favorite beast of burden. On this walking stick, which dates from around 1890, the ivory handle has been realistically fashioned into a horse's head and neck and measures 2-1/2 x 2-1/4 inches. A sterling silver collar (stamped Sterling) and swirling silver inlay on the partridge wood shaft make for a most unusual cane. The bi-metal tip is 1-1/2 inches. Overall length is 36-1/2 inches.

VICTORIAN IVORY HORSE HEAD WALKING STICK

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1900: item #577049
IvoryHorGS

During the Victorian era, equine canes were popular with horse fanciers and horse racing afficionados who carried their walking sticks to the race track. The ivory L handle on this circa cane is fashioned with a carved horse's head and measures 3 x 2-1/4 inches. The horse's eyes are glass. The hallmarked sterling silver German (900 fine) silver collar is engraved "Fritz Zimmer - Otto Van Spring". Perhaps the cane was a gift from one gentleman to another. The snakewood shaft terminates in a horn ... Click for details

c.1920 GAMBLER'S CANE/IVORY DICE W/ ABALONE DOTS

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1920: item #577046
IvoryDice

This circa 1920 gambler's cane has an ivory die with abalone dots for the handle. The ivory handle measures 2-1/2 x 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches and tops a black palmwood shaft with a 3-inch embossed and engraved metal tip. Overall length is 36 inches. This handsome walking stick no doubt belonged to a gentleman who lived the sporting life.