Rare Pique-Work Whaler's Walking Cane
Stock No
3677
2015
- £2,700.00
- €3,157 Euro
- $3,407 US Dollar
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Item Description
The top inlaid with a five-point star of mother-o-pearl closely surrounded by a ring of brass pique work, the octagonal facets beneath alternatively decorated with a Christian cross.
The lower tooth section pierced with a hole for a lanyard set within a pique work diamond and with conjoined crosses to the alternative faces.
These two tooth sections are joined to the lower shaft of whalebone by a cut screw-thread. The single piece of whalebone from which the shaft is produced has the first quarter carved as slightly swelling octagonal sections separated by plain bands, the faces with alternating designs of single and conjoined crosses; the upper-most section decorated with inlaid pieces of tortoiseshell, again to the alternate faces.
Perhaps continental. Made circa 1860.
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
London, London
Item Dimensions
H: 88cm
Period
19th Century
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
London, London
Item Location
United Kingdom
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+44 (0)207 7275263
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