VICTORIAN IVORY SNARLING BULLDOG CANE

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1900: item #297388
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This large snarling ivory bulldog cane is Victorian. The 2-3/8 x 1-3/8 inch dog's head is superbly carved. He is wearing an unmarked metal collar and two sterling bands below. The shaft is ebonized hardwood with a metal tip. The overall length is 34-1/2 inches. This is a wonderful animal cane. Canes with biting dog heads became fashionable with the spread of the French bulldog breed in Europe around 1880.

VICTORIAN BULL PENIS CROOK HANDLE WALKING STICK

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1900: item #296868
BullPenis

This Victorian-era stretched bull penis crook handle walking stick has a 1-1/4 inch monogrammed sterling silver cap. In a taxidermy process, the skin has been sterilized and cured, then twisted and stretched over a steel rod to make an extremely sturdy and functional cane. The walking stick measures 35-1/2 inches overall and has a 3-1/8 inch bi-metal tip. This is a great novelty cane for the collector and a certain conversation piece.

1831 ABERDEEN SCOTLAND IVORY-TOPPED PRESENTATION CANE

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1837 VR: item #296784
Scottish

This handsome early Scottish presentation cane is topped with an ivory knob handle with a metal disk on top of the knob. The disk is engraved "Aberdeen Craigen Darach by Ballater 26th Novr 1831 T.W. Merkel March 1845." If memory serves, "darach" means oak in Celtic and Ballater is the nearest settlement to and the railway station for Balmoral Castle. The handle, including silver tone collar, measures 1-1/2 x 2-1/8 inches. The stepped hardwood shaft has a grommet and terminates in a 2-1/2-inch b... Click for details

VICTORIAN LADY'S CANE IVORY BALL HANDLE 1890s

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1900: item #190031
IvoryLadys

This elegant ivory lady's cane was made circa 1890s. The 6-1/2-inch mushroom ball handle with leather lanyard and ivory tassel graces a hardwood shaft with a bi-metal tip. Overall length is 35-3/4 inches. This is a true piece of Victoriana.

¤ A 1800's IMPRESSIVE FIGURAL FOLK ART CANE

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1900: item #185392
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A very beautiful figural folk art cane, the handle represent a head of bearded man carrying a cap. The shaft decorated with a stylized snake. Origin and period: France, late 1800's. Dimensions: 94 cm (37") long, the handle 16 cm (6 1/8") long from the higher part of the hat until the lower part of the beard.