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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SUPERB SCRIMSHAW CANE170 - SUPERB SCRIMSHAW CANE
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A superb single-piece, tapered whale bone shaft scrimshaw cane with a bulbous 2.4" high baleen knob with inlaid.75" diameter MOP disc on t...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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CRIMEAN WAR CANE, DATED 1855171 - CRIMEAN WAR CANE, DATED 1855
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A knobby hardwood cane with domed, unmarked silver knob, engraved "Crimea 1855." The knob that is1.25" diameter x .5" high and ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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FINELY CARVED BONE-HANDLED CANE172 - FINELY CARVED BONE-HANDLED CANE
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A nice 5.5" long carved & pierced bone-handled cane with vintage motif of grapes and leaves, mounted on a slenderhardwood shaft with unmoun...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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HIPPO TOOTH (?) CANE174 - HIPPO TOOTH (?) CANE
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The tooth, which forms the handle of this cane, has a tau-like form. It is nearly 4.5" wide and 1.25" long and has beenornamented with a s...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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GREAT SILVER OVERLAY KNOB CANE175 - GREAT SILVER OVERLAY KNOB CANE
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This briarwood cane has an irregular silver overlay on the knob-like end, and a 1.5" nickel and steel ferrule. Thehandle is about 3" high ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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WHALE BONE, WALRUS IVORY & BALLEEN SCRIMSHAW CANE176 - WHALE BONE, WALRUS IVORY & BALLEEN SCRIMSHAW CANE
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An interesting scrimshaw cane with single piece tapered whale bone shaft, walrus ivory, horn, baleen and exotichardwood L shaped handle. Handle is so
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STERLING ARTS AND CRAFTS CANE177 - STERLING ARTS AND CRAFTS CANE
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This hardwood cane has an expanded L- type handle, 4.5" wide, with a sterling Arts & Crafts Movement overlay.The 1" plain silver colla...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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TORTOISE SHELL LADIES CANE178 - TORTOISE SHELL LADIES CANE
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A very nice ladies cane with an L shaped single piece tortoise shell handle, with a marked Sterling .4" collar.Mounted on a knobby ebonized har...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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18TH CENTURY STEPPED MALACCA CANE179 - 18TH CENTURY STEPPED MALACCA CANE
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A very fine 18th century cane with stepped malacca shaft, coin silver mounts & ivory knob. This 36.5" long canehas a nice bulbous 2" ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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SPY GLASS GADGET CANE180 - SPY GLASS GADGET CANE
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A nice brass monocular spy-glass cane, which opens from 2.5-3". Focus is fine, mounted on a tapered ebonizedhardwood shaft with brass ferrule. ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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