A Cornucopia of Canes III

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Join Cowan's Historic Americana Auctions is pleased to offer more than
350 fine canes and walking sticks from the lifetime collection of Merton

Price of Palm Beach, Florida. Carved ivory, scrimshaw, folk art,
Tiffany and gold quartz canes will be sold without reserve. Register
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CARVED IVORY LOTUS FLOWER CANE201 - CARVED IVORY LOTUS FLOWER CANE
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A wonderfully carved Anglo-Indian lotus flower ivory knob married to an ebony Irish sailors carved shaft. Thesingle piece ivory carving & pier...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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SIREN GADGET CANE202 - SIREN GADGET CANE
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An interesting gadget cane, being a revolving siren/alarm, activated by breath of the carrier. Siren is a spherical device,1.5" diameter of bl...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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CARVED HORN LOBSTER CLAW CANE203 - CARVED HORN LOBSTER CLAW CANE
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A nice carved horn figural cane in form of a lobster claw. Mounted on a grained tapered hardwood shaft withstamped gold plated .5" collar and ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED KNOB CANE204 - VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED KNOB CANE
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A nice Victorian era gold-filled presentation cane with beautifully tooled bright cut scroll & floral work with gothicarched panels flaring 2.25...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STUNNING AGATE-HANDLED CANE205 - STUNNING AGATE-HANDLED CANE
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A stunning L shaped agate handled with beautifully engraved gold plated .75" collar, mounted on an Americanwalnut tapered shaft with 2" br...
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CARVED IVORY HUNTER'S CANE206 - CARVED IVORY HUNTER'S CANE
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A very nicely carved, probably European, walrus ivory-handled cane. The L-shaped, 2 piece ivory handle is 4" highx 3" long with a high re...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STACKED IVORY CROOK CANE207 - STACKED IVORY CROOK CANE
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A fine 7 piece elephant ivory crook cane, all ivory mounted on steel rod, total length 36.5", appears to have neverhad a ferrule.A couple of ti...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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RUSSIAN SILVER-INLAID TAU-HANDLED CANE208 - RUSSIAN SILVER-INLAID TAU-HANDLED CANE
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This tau-handled cane is inlaid over the nearly 4.5" wide handle and for about 5" of the birch shaft. The primarydesigns are circles and t...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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TURNED BONE KNOB CANE209 - TURNED BONE KNOB CANE
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The turned bone knob on this cane is 2.25" high and over 1" in diameter. The ebonized hardwood shaft is missingthe ferrule. Minor wear to ...
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CONTINENTAL FLUTE CANE210 - CONTINENTAL FLUTE CANE
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A contemporary Rosewood flute cane with beautifully figured tapered shaft, bulbous knob handle, 2 chrome-platedbrass ring collars, above & below...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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CHEROOT CANE211 - CHEROOT CANE
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A nickel-plated brass "cheroot" cane with a 22 caliber 4" long barrel in form of naval cannon, cast with 3" highpedestal mount....
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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GADGET CANE; NICE PINFIRE GUN CANE212 - GADGET CANE; NICE PINFIRE GUN CANE
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A 50 caliber center fire cartridge type gun cane, all steel with crook type handle, having a pull type cockingmechanism at top of same, which kicks tr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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IVORY-HANDLED GUN CANE213 - IVORY-HANDLED GUN CANE
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A nice 25 caliber rim fire gun cane with entire barrel and frame covered with gutta-percha. Barrel length is 28.25",and threads to frame/hand...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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ENGLISH CALCULATOR GADGET STICK214 - ENGLISH CALCULATOR GADGET STICK
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An unusual gadget cane with a straight, hard rubber and chrome handle 6" high. When a chrome nut is removed fromthe top, a hard rubber sleeve ...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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CIGARETTE AND MATCHSAFE CANE215 - CIGARETTE AND MATCHSAFE CANE
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A very nice, unmarked silver-mounted cigarette & match safe cane with a 4.25 " long tau-shaped horn handle. Thetop of the stick has hinged ...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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CARVED FLORAL BONE-HANDLED CANE216 - CARVED FLORAL BONE-HANDLED CANE
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The carved bone handle on this cane is carved with 2 flowers, each with a rope through the stems and leaves. Thebackground is carved to resemble the p
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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FINE BRIGHT CUT VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED CANE DATED 1881217 - FINE BRIGHT CUT VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED CANE DATED 1881
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A nice Victorian gold-filled cane with scrollwork bright cut decoration and inscription on to " George Tree 1881Christmas". Mounted on a ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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BRIGHT CUT VICTORIAN CANE WITH SNAKEWOOD SHAFT218 - BRIGHT CUT VICTORIAN CANE WITH SNAKEWOOD SHAFT
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A very elegant golf filled L shaped handle with floral & scrollwork bright cutting, mounted on a fine snake woodshaft with 1.75" black horn...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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DELICATE CARVED ANTLER CANE WITH STAG HEAD219 - DELICATE CARVED ANTLER CANE WITH STAG HEAD
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The small polished antler handle on this cane is only 2" wide and 3.5" high. It has a stag head carved on the verticalportion of the handl...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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NICE ALL -HORN STACKED CANE220 - NICE ALL -HORN STACKED CANE
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A very nice stacked horn cane with flaring horn knob, various color horn tapering to a 2.25" steel ferrule. Totallength 36".Minor insect ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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