Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017

Lot 227

‡ Five walking canes with ivory handles

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £480

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Description

‡ Five walking canes

with ivory handles, including a fist clenching a baton with a silver plated collar and ebonised hardwood shaft,

89.5cm long,

a riding crop type with a presentation collar to Thos Burns dated 19th June 1880, with a malacca shaft, a 1920's example with a geometric marquetry shaft, a 19th century malacca example with a carved handle with animals and birds in a tree, and a 9ct gold mounted cane, 1920. (5)

Provenance

Seward Kennedy, London.