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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STERLING TAU HANDLED CANE241 - STERLING TAU HANDLED CANE
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The unusual ornamentation of this silver tau-handled cane has something of a nautical "feel" to it. The handle is 4"long and 2.5"...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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FANCY SILVER CANE WITH INSET JADE242 - FANCY SILVER CANE WITH INSET JADE
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The knob handle on this cane is silver with alternating plain and floral bands, the bands spiraling down the neck ofthe handle. There is a carved jade
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MASSIVE IVORY HANDLE CANE243 - MASSIVE IVORY HANDLE CANE
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The turned ivory handle of this massive cane is nearly 5.5" high and just over 1.5" in diameter. The ivory ferrule isalmost 2" long. ...
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GREAT ANTLER AND HORN CANE244 - GREAT ANTLER AND HORN CANE
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A branch in the antler that then resembles a straightened crook forms the handle of this cane. The last 2.5"of the handle have stacked narrow a...
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GREAT CARVED IVORY CHARACTER CANE245 - GREAT CARVED IVORY CHARACTER CANE
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The knob-like handle on this cane is carved as a rather unfriendly-looking character. The ivory handle is 2.5" highand approx. 1.25" at it...
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IVORY SNUFFBOX CANE246 - IVORY SNUFFBOX CANE
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The turned elephant ivory knob handle on this cane is just over 1.5" high and 2" in diameter and unscrews to reveala snuffbox. Grooves in ...
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NICE IVORY KNOBBED CANE DATED 1835247 - NICE IVORY KNOBBED CANE DATED 1835
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A fine early style cane with a turned 2" high ivory knob. The .75" coin silver collar is engraved "Dr. Geo. W.Lawyer 1835". Co...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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EARLY CARVED IVORY CANE WITH PORTRAIT248 - EARLY CARVED IVORY CANE WITH PORTRAIT
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The ivory L-shaped handle on this cane is made in 2 parts, joined at a 45 degree angle at the elbow. The 3.5"horizontal part is plain, but the ...
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PETITE IVORY KNOB-HANDLED CANE249 - PETITE IVORY KNOB-HANDLED CANE
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This delicate cane has a 4.5" high ivory handle. The handle is plain except for the carved "collar" that has a diamondand paired dot ...
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FINE CARVED IVORY DOG CANE250 - FINE CARVED IVORY DOG CANE
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An interesting carved walrus ivory cane with handle being a single piece of ivory in form of a tree trunk with a fullfigure angry dog sitting atop wit
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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NICE CARVED JAPANESE ANTLER CANE251 - NICE CARVED JAPANESE ANTLER CANE
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A nice 5" high carved antler knob with lotus nut, leaves & bird, mounted on a tapered black palm shaft with 1.5"nickel & steel fer...
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AUTOMATON MONKEY GADGET CANE252 - AUTOMATON MONKEY GADGET CANE
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The head of this cane is a carved monkey 3" high and 2.75" wide at its maximum. A button at the rear of the headis designed to push the ...
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CANE WITH GOLD OVERLAY ON SILVER253 - CANE WITH GOLD OVERLAY ON SILVER
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The knob handle on this cane has a gold 6-pointed star with floral design filler overlaid on dark gray to blackpatinated silver. There is also a gold
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HORSE MEASURE CANE254 - HORSE MEASURE CANE
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This crook-handled partridge wood cane houses a measuring stick with level. The measuring device is steel with"Patent No. 4427" on the hor...
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CARVED WALRUS IVORY FOX HEAD HUNTER'S CANE255 - CARVED WALRUS IVORY FOX HEAD HUNTER'S CANE
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A nice carved walrus ivory L shaped handled cane. The two piece handle is 5" high x 3.5" long with front havingcarving in high relief of ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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EARLY ANTLER AND MALACCA CANE256 - EARLY ANTLER AND MALACCA CANE
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This early cane has an antler knob-like handle that is 3.75" high and is topped by a coin silver disc. A .5" nickelcollar attaches the ha...
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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE SILVER KNOB CANE257 - BEAUTIFUL CHINESE SILVER KNOB CANE
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This cane has an outstanding 4" high silver handle with fully stippled ground in bamboo form and vining flowersand leaves. Marked silver, wit...
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ELEGANT SILVER CONTINENTAL CANE258 - ELEGANT SILVER CONTINENTAL CANE
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The knob-like handle on this unmarked cane has 2 interlocking openwork floral design rings forming the knob, withan ornate floral band attaching it to
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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ARTISTIC STERLING SILVER CANE259 - ARTISTIC STERLING SILVER CANE
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The silver knob handle on this cane is over 2.25" high and 1.5" in diameter and depicts a stag on one side, a stork onthe other with rocks...
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TWO SILVER HANDLED CANES260 - TWO SILVER HANDLED CANES
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This pair of silver-handled canes are both mounted on ebonized hardwood shafts and both missing ferrules. One hasa tau-handle 4.25" wide and ab...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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