SOLD - 19th Century sailor's carved whale bone cane
Ref : 15608
A good example of a 19th Century whaler's carved whalebone walking cane, the hanlde formed from whaletooth & carved with a monkey knot handle, baleen washer collar design. The shaft made from the jaw bone of the whale and this example carved with a section of turned lozenge design, and a further section carved with decorative fine hatching; the shaft of typical cream colour
Date circa: 1850
Country: English
~ length of handle 8cm / 3.1in, overall length 83cm / 32.4in.
price: SOLD
Ref : 15608
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