Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 2 - 21st April 2021

Lot 579

λ A RARE CHINESE IVORY HANDLED WALKING CANE

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £380

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Description

λ A RARE CHINESE IVORY HANDLED WALKING CANE

C.1820

carved as a lady holding a basket of flowers in her left hand and a fly-whisk in her right, the Chinese silver collar repousse decorated with figures and with an oval panel engraved with initials 'J G', above a Malacca shaft and a brass ferrule

85.8cm long

Provenance

Purchased from Geoffrey Breeze Antique Canes, Bath, 12th July 2010