This Victorian, circa 1880s ivory walking stick employs the hand motif, but this hand is clutching a monkey! The handle measures 1-3/4 x 1-1/4 inches and sits above a quarter-inch metal collar with a buckle, and a nicely grained slender hardwood shaft with attractive sterling (stamped) silver inlay and a period monogram SBN. There is a 1-1/2 inch bimetal tip. The stick is 34 inches overall. This is a beautiful Victorian stick.
The handle for this Victorian ivory cane is a well carved seated dog with a naturalistic frond. The handle itself measures 5-1/4 x 1-3/4 inches, tops a half-inch metal collar, stepped bamboo shaft and 1-inch metal tip. Overall length is 34 inches. This is an excellent pick for the collector of dog canes.
This most unusual circa 1900 carved ivory animal cane has a realistically carved elephant and the head of the elephant's keeper for a handle. The handle measures 4-1/2 x 2 inches and tops a 1/2-inch gold tone collar and ornately carved hardwood shaft with a 1-1/8-inch metal tip. It could well be Anglo-Indian. The stick measures 32-1/4 inches overall.
This circa 1900 elephant walking stick is realistically carved of wood and decorated with glass eyes and ivory tusks. The handle or elephant's head measures 4-1/4 x 1-5/8 inches. It sits above a 1/4-inch metal collar and hardwood shaft with a 2-7/8-inch long metal tip. Overall length is 33-1/2 inches. His trunk is up for good luck!
This amiable French bulldog serves as the handle for a Victorian, circa 1880s walking stick. He wears a one-inch gold tone collar and tops an unusual lignum vitae shaft with one-inch metal tip. His glass eyes and crisp carving give him personality. The handle measures 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches. Overall length is 40 inches.
This Victorian dress cane has an ivory crutch handle carved with a snake appearing from within and coiled around a log. It's very naturalistic and very well done. The snake's eyes are glass and you can see his scales. The handle measures 4-3/8 inches in length and is 3/4 inch in diameter. It tops a 3/8-inch gold tone collar monogrammed with CBC. The rosewood shaft is 3/4 inch in diameter and terminates in a 3/4-inch horn tip. Overall length of this unusual stick is 35-1/2 inches.
This good looking sterling silver handled turn-of-the-century dress cane has a rosewood shaft and measures 35-1/2 inches overall. The handle's dimensions are 2-1/4 inches x 1-1/8 inches in diameter at the top of the knob. It is hallmarked and stamped Sterling. The bimetal tip is 1-1/2 inches in length.
This circa 1880s Victorian lady's dress cane has a most unusual sterling silver handle topping a rosewood shaft with bimetal tip. The handle measures 3-5/8 x 2-7/8 inches and it is engraved in period script "Edith Euritt" for the lady who owned it. The top of the handle is 1-1/2 inches in diameter. The shaft is 3/4 inches in diameter; and the tip is one inch long. Overall length of this different Victorian cane is 35-1/2 inches.
This interesting looking circa 1890s child's cane has a long crutch handle (7 inches long x 3 inches) of hallmarked German silver. The unusual Art Nouveau handle tops an ebony shaft and 7/8-inch metal tip. Overall length is 26-3/4 inches.
This amusing Victorian glove holder gadget cane has a carved wood handle in the shape of a dog's head. The handle measures 2-3/4 x 2-1/2 inches. The dog has glass eyes and a push button that opens his mouth to accept a pair of gloves. The 1-inch collar is stamped SOLID SILVER and sits above a bamboo shaft and 1-1/4-inch horn tip. The overall length is 35-3/8 inches.
