This exquisite circa 1920s lady's walking stick has a handpainted porcelain handle depicting a lady gathering flowers, accompanied by a winged cherub. The painting is precise with cobalt blue both above and below the painting. The handle measures 5 inches in length x 3/4 inch in diameter and tapers before it meets the slender stamped 14K gold collar. The macassar ebony shaft terminates in a 1-3/8 inch long bimetal tip. Overall length is 36 inches.
This handsome vintage presentation walking stick sports a gold-filled knob handle above an ebonized ebony shaft that terminates in a bi-metal tip. The handle, which is 2 inches in length by 1-1/2 inches in diameter, is engraved in beautiful old script "Louis Rohrer Presented by the Students and Graduates of Rohrer's Commercial College." The tip is 1-2/4 inches and overall length of the stick is 34-1/2 inches. There is a Rohrer College of Business at Rowan University in Glassboro, N ...click for details
This handsome and hefty 1920s walking stick has a large carved crutch handle, measuring 5 x 5 inches---easy to hitch over the back of a chair or into your waistband so as to be hands free. The handle is probably of buffalo horn. The shaft is an exotic African hardwood and just below the handle has circular ivory inserts and some turning. A three-inch long bimetal tip gives it a spiffy look. Overall length of this unusual cane is 35 inches.
This unusual Art Deco (circa 1925) dress cane sports a gold handles that tests for at least 14K and another material that has the look of shagreen but may not be. The handle measures 1 x 7/8 inch and tops an oval ebony shaft and one-inch horn ferrule. Beneath the handle are the initials MHR in gold. Overall length is 36 inches. You can just imagine someone carrying this handsome walking stick to the opera.
This 1920s presentation cane was given to Cincinnati Judge Samuel W. Bell as a Christmas gift in 1928. Judge Bell was a blind judge who founded the Home for the Sightless in Cincinnati. He once sentenced electrician Ray Burke to 5 days in jail for "disturbing the peace" when Bell was on the job, hammering outside the judge's courtroom. A horn handle, measuring 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches, tops a 1-1/2-inch collar with shield with the engraving "Judge Samuel W. Bell Christmas 1928&qu ...click for details
This unusual vintage South American riding whip came fresh from a Palm Beach estate, whose owners spent a lot of time in Argentina. A metal knob handle has a linked metal wrist strap and it tops a collar adorned with a horse head and horse shoe medallion. Handle and collar measure 3-1/4 x 1-3/8 inches. A crucifix in relief is applied to the hardwood shaft. Attached by a metal ring to the metal tip is a 10-inch braided rawhide thong or lash. The thong appears to be a replacement and actually look ...click for details
This awesome 1920s German walking stick sports a large stag horn handle that is wonderfully carved in relief with the figures of a boar, a bear and a dog. The scene is a hunter's peaceable kingdom, with all the animals lying down with one another. The handle alone is 11 inches in length x 4 inches. This is a massive stick. The maple shaft tapers from 1 inch to 3/4 inch above a horn tip (1-1/2 inches). Overall length of this terrific piece is 37 inches.
The walrus ivory handle of this terrific 1920s-1930s walking stick has been crisply carved to depict a lion holding a snake in its mouth. The pistol grip handle is 4 x 1-7/8 inches. It tops a 1/2-inch hallmarked solid gold collar and beautiful figured snakewood shaft ending in an inch-long metal tip. Overall length of this stick is 34-1/2 inches. This ivory cane was chosen to appear on page 141 in Jeffrey B. Snyder's newest book for Schiffer entitled Canes & Walking Sticks/A Stroll Thro ...click for details
This realistically carved snake's head of petrified mastodon ivory forms the handle of this great looking contemporary walking stick. The ivory handle measures 1-5/8 x 1-1/2 inches and tops a half-inch silver collar, palmwood shaft and half-inch black horn tip. The snake's head has peridots for eyes. Overall length s 34 inches. This stunning cane is pictured on page 41 of Jeffrey B. Snyder's "Canes & Walking Sticks/A Stroll Through Time & Place."
Just look at the adorable expression on this carved wood bull dog glove holder gadget cane. The head measures 2-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches and sits above a 1/4-inch sterling silver collar stamped Sterling 925 Fine, ebonized hardwood shaft with metal tip. The eyes are glass and this 1920s cane comes with a buttoned glove. Overall length is 33-1/2 inches.
