Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017

Lot 229

‡ Six walking canes including one with an ivory ball handle initialled H.H

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £450

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Description

‡ Six walking canes

including one with an ivory ball handle initialled H.H, with a silver collar, 1904 and an ebonised hardwood shaft,

87cm long,

a 19th century example with a twisted wood shaft and ivory domed handle with inset brass discs, another with a hooked marine ivory handle, a tapering bone example, a Victorian cane with a lapis lazuli ball handle and a ribbed marine ivory example with a silver coloured metal collar initialled W.W.W. (6)

Provenance

Seward Kennedy, London.