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.
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 anim ...click for details
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.
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.
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.
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 ter ...click for details
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.
This elegant Victorian lady's cane has an ivory palm grip handle with a woman's head and rosebuds carved in relief and dated June 30, 1881. An intricate monogram is carved on the handle's top. The ivory portion measures 4-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches. The horn-tipped ebony shaft is dressed with a one-inch gold tone embossed collar. Overall length of this lovely cane is 36-1/2 inches.
This terrific Victorian walking stick has a cleverly and realistically carved snake on its elephant ivory handle. The large ivory handle measures 4-1/2 x 1 inches and tops a malacca shaft and 2-inch horn tip. Beneath the snake handle is a slender, 1/4-inch gold tone collar engraved "CBC." This naturalistic nineteenth-century cane has an overall length of 32 inches.
This jaunty circa 1910 walking stick has the legendary jackalope, carved of walrus ivory, as its handle. The fabled jackalope, a cottontail or domestic rabbit or jackrabbit mounted with the horns of a young antelope, deer or goat, is commonly believed to have originated in the folklore of the American West. In 1985 the Governor of Wyoming proclaimed Douglas, Wyoming to be the "Home of the Jackalopes." However, references to horned or stag hare appear in 18th-century German school books ...click for details
