SOLD - sailor-made wooden marine cane with inlays
Ref : 16700
An interesting and most unsual, fine quality, sailor-made wooden marine walking cane, with typical spiral and chequered carving - the upper section with alternating tall strips of tortoiseshell and marine ivory inlays on an octagonal section, the handle finished as a turned and shaped marine ivory knop - this is a rare example of a sailor-work cane, as this type is often considered to be an apprentice or junior piece, being carved mainly from wood rather than a section of whale jawbone - this example, however, is of such superior quality that it can only have been designed and carved by a superior workman sailor, and it is therefore not common to see this level of skill employed on such a cane
Date circa: 1850
Country: English
~ length of handle 6.5cm / 2.5in, overall length 82.5cm / 32.2in.
price: SOLD
Ref : 16700
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