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WALPOLES

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Item Details

An early 19th century whaleman's walking cane, finely wrought from the jawbone of a sperm whale.
The lower section carved in a wrythen pattern, the mid section eight sharp concave flutes and the top third a cluster reeded. The top two sections separated by cubes inlaid with squares and dots of pewter; the lower and mid section by an octagonal reserve with an inlaid dot to each face. The handle octagonal, carved from the tooth of a sperm whale and engraved with an owner's initials, meeting with the octagonally finished jawbone and being separated by a band of baleen and pewter.
English or American circa 1800.
  • Period:
    • Price: £3,900.00
    • €4,529 Euro
    • $5,398 US Dollar
  • Location: London
    • Dimensions: H: 36cm (14.17in)
    • W: 0cm (0.00in)
    • D: 0cm (0.00in)