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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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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PIPE GADGET CANE281 - PIPE GADGET CANE
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A nice early 20th century gadget cane that transforms into a tobacco pipe by unscrewing the 2" turned maple knob,which is actually the pipe bow...
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CROOK SWORD CANE282 - CROOK SWORD CANE
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This all-metal sword cane has a brass crook handle that is the grip for a 26" stilleto-type steel sword blade. Theblade threads into a tapered ...
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GOLD 25 YEAR WEDDING CANE DATED 1871283 - GOLD 25 YEAR WEDDING CANE DATED 1871
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A very fine unmarked gold (approx. 1`2-14K) knobbed cane, hand chased with floral decoration and engraved ontop "A. Olmstead Golden Wedding An...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
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GOLD PRESENTATION CANE DATED 1872284 - GOLD PRESENTATION CANE DATED 1872
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A nice Victorian gold presentation cane, unmarked (appears to be 12K). The simple domed 1.5" high knob isengraved on top "Presented To F....
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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WONDERFUL ALL HORN CROOK WITH  NIELLO SILVER COLLAR285 - WONDERFUL ALL HORN CROOK WITH NIELLO SILVER COLLAR
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A nicely patterned 7 piece tapered horn crook cane with a 2" unmarked (approx. 800) silver collar with scrollworkengraving and niello ground. ...
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BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH WOOD SAMPLE CANE286 - BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH WOOD SAMPLE CANE
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A nice English sample cane with various hardwoods inlaid in geometric pattern on the tapered mahogany shaft withbulbous rosewood knob. Appears to hav
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IRISH SAILORSAFRICAN EBONY CANE287 - IRISH SAILORSAFRICAN EBONY CANE
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A very nice Irish sailors cane made on the west African coast and sold to sailors visiting the area. This nicely carvedexample has relief vining sham
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IRISH SAILOR'S CANE CARVED IN EBONY288 - IRISH SAILOR'S CANE CARVED IN EBONY
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This ebony folk art cane is carved with several symbols of Ireland, including vines of shamrocks, other floral imagesand snakes. The stick is carved
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ANTLER-HANDLED CANE WITH CARVED BULLDOG289 - ANTLER-HANDLED CANE WITH CARVED BULLDOG
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The L-shaped antler handle on this handsome cane has a bulldog head carved into the vertical part of the handle.This portion has also been smoothed of
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TASTEFUL ANTLER-HANDLED CANE290 - TASTEFUL ANTLER-HANDLED CANE
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This simple antler L-shaped handle has "Fr. Breitenbucher" engraved on the elbow. The handle is over 6" wide and2.5" high. There...
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BRIGHT CUT VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED CANE291 - BRIGHT CUT VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED CANE
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A nice scrollwork bright cut gold-filled Victorian cane mounted on an ebonized tapered hardwood shaft. Monogramon top of knob. Total length 35.5&q...
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VERY FINE VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED CANE292 - VERY FINE VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED CANE
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A very nice Victorian gold-filled handle, somewhat tau-like with relief figure of Cupid on each side and bold flowers& vines on stippled ground....
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EUROPEAN GUN CANE293 - EUROPEAN GUN CANE
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This 32 caliber gun cane is hidden inside a turned walnut shaft turned in imitation of bamboo. The "L" shapedhandle is of horn, with an...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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UNDERHAMMER GUN CANE294 - UNDERHAMMER GUN CANE
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An nice 62 caliber percussion gun cane with threaded round barrel and under hammer mechanism. The barrel is26.75" long, total length is 35&qu...
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FINE EUROPEAN GUN CANE295 - FINE EUROPEAN GUN CANE
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A nice rim fire cartridge type 36 caliber gun cane with round barrel covered with a tapered tropical hardwood sleeve.The "L" shaped light ...
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IVORY KNOB SEWING KIT CANE296 - IVORY KNOB SEWING KIT CANE
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A very nicely turned elephant ivory gadget cane with 2.25" high x 1.5" diameter ivory knob that has a threaded top,opening to reveal a re...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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IVORY HANDLED MALACCA CANE297 - IVORY HANDLED MALACCA CANE
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This cane has an elephant ivory knob handle 2.75" high and 1.5" in diameter. The 3/8" silver band is engraved, "JohnHoward, 1750...
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FINE ALL HORN CANE WITH TAU HANDLE298 - FINE ALL HORN CANE WITH TAU HANDLE
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A nicely faceted tau handled horn cane made with 14 tapered horn segments and 2 clear plastic washers, just belowhandle and above ferrule horn segment
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GOLD-FILLED & IVORY LADIES CANE299 - GOLD-FILLED & IVORY LADIES CANE
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A fine ladies cane with very art nouveau style vining leaves on stippled ground with quatrefoil panel left blank infront for engraving. L-shaped with
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FINE BRIGHT CUT VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED CANE300 - FINE BRIGHT CUT VICTORIAN GOLD-FILLED CANE
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A fine Victorian gold-filled cane with bright cut scrollwork panels marked "L & V", monogrammed on top "GRW",3.5" high...
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