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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DAY'S PATENT UNDERHAMMER CANE261 - DAY'S PATENT UNDERHAMMER CANE
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A nice example of Day's Under hammer .54 caliber percussion gun cane. Day placed the hammer under the handle tohelp keep the firing mechanism d...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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UNUSUAL CENTERFIRE GUN CANE262 - UNUSUAL CENTERFIRE GUN CANE
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An unusual .50 caliber cartridge type gun cane with thread wrapped tapered 30" round barrel, hexagonal steel frameand walnut single piece pisto...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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SNAKESKIN COVERED CANES263 - SNAKESKIN COVERED CANES
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Lot of 2. Both American and each a single piece crook type. One is covered with a snake skin, total length 36.5".The second is beautifully pa...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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HORSE MEASURE GADGET CANE264 - HORSE MEASURE GADGET CANE
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A nice horse measure gadget cane in bamboo with the concealed measure in hands and metric calibration. With an L-shaped stag handle with 1" hi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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NICE CARVED IVORY BULLDOG CANE265 - NICE CARVED IVORY BULLDOG CANE
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A nicely carved & detailed ivory cane with bulldog head, 2.5" high, mounted on an ebonized tapered hardwood shaftwith unmounted eyelets and...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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FINE CARVED IVORY LION CANE266 - FINE CARVED IVORY LION CANE
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A very nicely carved full figure lion in Walrus ivory with glass eyes. Handle is 2 piece with lion resting on grasscovered ground atop a turned ivory
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HIPPO IVORY TAU HANDLED CANE267 - HIPPO IVORY TAU HANDLED CANE
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A very fine cane with tau-shaped 1.75" high x 4.75" long hippo ivory handle. Below the handle is basket weave1.5" coin silver coll...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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EARLY ANTLER AND STEPPED MALACCA CANE268 - EARLY ANTLER AND STEPPED MALACCA CANE
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The knob-like antler handle on this early cane is not carved, and is 2.5" high and 1.5" in maximum diameter. Thenarrow, 1/8" wide sil...
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CARVED IVORY LION AND SNAKE CANE269 - CARVED IVORY LION AND SNAKE CANE
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The walrus ivory knob on this cane is beautifully carved into the head of a lion holding a snake in its mouth. Thelion has glass eyes, the snake does
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ANTLER INDIAN HEAD FIGURAL CANE270 - ANTLER INDIAN HEAD FIGURAL CANE
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The handle on this cane represents an Indian with the uncarved part of the antler creating a war bonnet. The Indianbust is about 2.5" high and ...
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ANGLO-INDIAN SILVER KNOBBED CANE271 - ANGLO-INDIAN SILVER KNOBBED CANE
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The silver knob handle on this cane is covered with leaf and floral designs, with the exception of the medallion ontop left for inscription. The knob
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RUSSIAN SILVER INLAY CANE272 - RUSSIAN SILVER INLAY CANE
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This beautifully inlaid cane is a single piece of hardwood (possibly Karelian Birch) with elaborate hatched bands anddots. There are also small ivory
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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GOLD-FILLED EDWARDIAN PRESENTATION CANE273 - GOLD-FILLED EDWARDIAN PRESENTATION CANE
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This gold-filled handle of this cane has cut scrollwork over most of it's 4" wide by 2.25" high surface. The cartoucheleft for inscrip...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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SPIDER & FLY CROOK-HANDLED CANE274 - SPIDER & FLY CROOK-HANDLED CANE
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This crook-handled hardwood cane has a large, approx. 2.5" high, silver cap on the end of the crook with a spiderweb over the outer face of the...
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AFRICAN AMERICAN ANTLER CANE275 - AFRICAN AMERICAN ANTLER CANE
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The handle of this cane is antler carved into the head of a stylized African man. The figure is 2.5" high and has glasseyes. The silver collar ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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FINE BRIGHT CUT VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED CANE276 - FINE BRIGHT CUT VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED CANE
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A very nicely done bright cut gold-filled knob with top left blank for inscription, mounted on a nice taperedebonized shaft with a 1.25" nickel...
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FINE CARVED FIGURAL CANES277 - FINE CARVED FIGURAL CANES
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Lot of 2. Includes a carved Indian head from Dartmouth Collage. Nickel .3" collar, shaft has original red wash andhas initials & names of...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WHALEBONE, WALRUS IVORY & BALEEN CANE278 - WHALEBONE, WALRUS IVORY & BALEEN CANE
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The crook handle on this nautical cane is walrus ivory with 1 narrow, and 2 wide baleen bands. It is 3.5" high andnearly 3.5" at its maxim...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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LOT OF 8 MALACCA SHAFT CANES279 - LOT OF 8 MALACCA SHAFT CANES
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Of these malacca canes, one is a simple crook-handled cane, the other 7 have silver knob handles. Three of the knobsare plain, one is monogrammed. The
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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FOLK ART ALLIGATOR CANE280 - FOLK ART ALLIGATOR CANE
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A fine example of this type of American folk art cane, sporting a well-carved alligator on the " L" shaped handle,with the gator's ta...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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