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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WHALEBONE SAILOR'S CANE131 - WHALEBONE SAILOR'S CANE
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This scrimshaw cane features a wonderful, single piece shaft of heavy whalebone with a turned mahogany 4" highknob. Total length 36.25" w...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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CARVED IVORY JAPANESE TURTLE CANE132 - CARVED IVORY JAPANESE TURTLE CANE
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A wonderfully carved spherical elephant ivory1.5" high x 1.25" diameter knob with 4 shallow relief carved turtles,inked to highlight detai...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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CARVED IVORY GRAYHOUND CANE133 - CARVED IVORY GRAYHOUND CANE
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A fine figural ivory cane in form of a 5" long x 1.25" high head of a running greyhound dog. Nice inked details.Marked Sterling 1" c...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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CARVED IVORY WOLFHOUND CANE134 - CARVED IVORY WOLFHOUND CANE
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An outstanding carved elephant ivory figural cane with a 1.5" high x 3.25" long handle in form of the head of an IrishWolfhound with glass...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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CARVED HARDWOOD LOBSTER CLAW CANE135 - CARVED HARDWOOD LOBSTER CLAW CANE
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A very nicely carved single piece cane with L shaped handle in form of a lobster claw with knobby hardwood shaft.Total length 35.5", with 1.75&...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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REMINGTON DOG HEAD GUN CANE136 - REMINGTON DOG HEAD GUN CANE
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This fine example of the famous Remington dog's head cane is marked on the ferrule "T.F. Thomas Patent Feb. 3,1858 Remington & Sons Ili...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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FOLK ART RELIC CANE FROM PENNSYLVANIA137 - FOLK ART RELIC CANE FROM PENNSYLVANIA
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An unusual folk art relic cane carved from wood salvaged from the Pennsylvania State Capital after the fire ofFebruary 2nd, 1897. This cane is made o
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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EUROPEAN FOLK ART CANE138 - EUROPEAN FOLK ART CANE
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A finely carved cane made from a single piece of hardwood. The cane has a crook handle carved in imitation of astag antler. Just below this is a car
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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EARLY ENGLISH SHEFFIELD CANE139 - EARLY ENGLISH SHEFFIELD CANE
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A nice early, probably late 18th century, tapered malacca cane with unmarked English Sheffield silver-plated knobwith classical motifs. Plating is wo
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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FABULOUS EUROPEAN CARVED FOLK ART CANE140 - FABULOUS EUROPEAN CARVED FOLK ART CANE
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A beautifully carved 2-piece folk art cane with a 2.5" high burl knob in the form of a male head with mouth wideopen. He has 2 braided hair tai...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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