2002 Auction

 
Items 1 - 20 of 269
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    Lot #1
    This cane has 1.5” spherical handle of wonderfully patterned and polished tiger-eye quartz. It is set on a gold plated ring mount, atop a tapered oak shaft. Old paper museum label has an accessio ...
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    Lot #2
    This cane has a 1” diameter and .5” long engraved coin silver head with the initials “J.L.” There are two silver lozenge-shaped eyelets on the 5.75” long handle. The single edged blade is 23” long ...
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    Lot #3
    On tapered hardwood (Karelian Birch?) shaft with intricate line and dot inlay in curving geometric patterns. The inlay is from top and extends down shaft for 6.25”. Old inked inscription just below ...
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    Lot #4
    This Victorian cane features a gold, 3.5” wide by 3.5” handle with elaborate floral decorations. One side of the handle is an open cartouche, containing the following inscription: “Jas A. Turner Enr ...
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    Lot #5
    A fine stick topped by an unmarked (probably coin grade) silver knob 1.5” in diameter and 4.25” long. The knob is elaborately hand chased with 3 high relief Indonesian female dancers, with landscape ...
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    Lot #6
    This cane depicts “Romolo”, the last Roman Emperor of the West This carved dark hardwood handle has a 5.75” high and 2” wide bust portrait of Romulus Augustulus the 5th century ruler of the western ...
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    Lot #7
    This beautifully carved cane has a 4.25” long tau-type handle. The tapered shaft is made of 22 individual carved pieces of horn stacked on a steel shaft in imitation of bamboo with a 1.25” bronze ferr ...
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    Lot #8
    This cane has a 3.75” high natural stag antler handle. It is 2.75” wide, mounted on a tapered bone shaft which is ornately carved in shallow relief. The carvings are typical Japanese mythical figures ...
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    Lot #9
    This cane is topped by a 3” high by 4” wide, hand-chased silver crook handle with fluted grip terminating in a stylized floral with band of roses at mount. An oval cartouche on the front of the handle ...
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    Lot #10
    This cane has a 4” high by 5” wide fat, “pistol grip” horn handle. It is mounted on a tapered ebony shaft, with the top 6.5” inlaid with small bone dots in a geometric pattern. Below this is a 9” s ...
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    Lot #11
    This crook handled cane is made from tapered shark vertebra and baleen. It has a baleen cap on the crook end, and baleen ferrule. There are 3 baleen and 4 horn “spacers” to shape the crook. A very n ...
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    Lot #12
    These very unusual shepherd's canes from the Basque region of the Iberian Peninsula have a shaft of medlar wood, a native tree of the Pyrenees Mountains. The Basques would scarify the saplings of thi ...
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    Lot #13
    The handle of this cane appears to be carved from a single piece of walrus ivory. At the top is a 3” high by 1.5” wide fluted cap. Below this is a hand holding a knob-shaped handle. The hand has a r ...
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    Lot #14
    An Ebony Irish Sailor's Cane
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    Lot #15
    This cane has a stepped 1.75” high by 1.75” wide knob that tapers to .5” diameter with ring turning at its base. The top of this knob has a crudely etched shield with three 5-pointed stars, a diagona ...
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    Lot #16
    This cane has a carved 5” tall head of a German shepherd wearing a studded leather collar. The dog has brown glass eyes. A lever at the base of lower jaw makes the mouth open to reveal teeth and red ...
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    Lot #17
    This early 20th century cane has an unmarked 4” long by 1.5” wide nickeled steel putter head with a textured putting surface. It is mounted on a hickory shaft, which tapers slightly to a 2” nickel fe ...
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    Lot #18
    This beautifully hand-chased coin silver cane head is 2.5” high and 1.5” diameter with gothic arched panels divided by floral “C” scrolled arches. The top is engraved “Frank Helman to B. Grantenberg ...
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    Lot #19
    This long, tapered cane is nearly covered from top to bottom with inlaid mother-of-pearl which is ornamented with brass tacks and shallow line engraving. Patterning is geometric with flat sunburst to ...
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    Lot #20
    The two-piece ivory “L” shaped handle of this cane is 4” high by 3.25” long and highly polished. The rosewood shaft has original finish and tapers to a .25”brass ferrule with a steel screw set in bot ...
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