Carved parakeet in boxwood with glass eyes. Mounted on hardwood shaft with an animal horn spacer. Ending in what appears to be an old but not  original base metal ferrule.

Style and construction indicating the making during the latter Edwardian period

Length:91.5cm

Condition:

The carving and the cane is in excellent condition - free from breaks,cracks or restoration yet showing appropriate wear for age.

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Well-carved boxer dog in boxwood with ivory staring eyes. Mounted on blackthorn shaft with animal horn spacer. And ending in original base metal ferrule.

Length:89.2cm

Condition:

This is a lovely dog character cane. The cane markings suggest there has been a metal collar positioned near to the top of the cane, at some point in time.

The carving and the cane is in excellent condition - free from breaks,cracks or restoration. What appears to be the original ferrule is a little battered but in position  although does move a little.

A lovely little cane to add to a collection

This is lovely example of a marquetry walking cane mounted on a bamboo shaft with brass collar and completed with a metal base ferrule.

 Style and construction suggesting Edwardian.

Condition:

The pommel head formed from layers of differing veneer woods - not stain. Slight bruise to the pommel together with a  slight expansion crack at the top of the bamboo shaft as shown in the gallery pictures. Otherwise a  good example of marquetry collector's cane

Length : 90.5 cm

A good little starter cane for a collection

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The Victorian pencil gadget cane

Many collector's refer to this cane as the 'rent / debt collectors cane'

 Made by the London maker Brigg -stamped on the top pencil insertion plate and lower band collar.

The band collar and silver casing on pencil holds the silver markings for London 1901 Sterling Standard Silver. The silversmith’s mark being CD which suggest Charles Henry Dumenil of London. There are no silver markings on the  top insertion plate.

The cane made from step bamboo. The crook area holds three copper wired rings above and below the pencil insert. The pencil insert collar has been damaged in it's early years together with some of the surounding wood, yet this has been very well restored and requires close examination to find. 

 Cane Condition: the bamboo cane is in excellent condition with appropriate wear for age - this is possible due to years of application of lacquer,  which has also been coated over the silver areas including the silver pencil casing.  This means of protecting a cane, does suggest that the cane went with the job rather than being owned by one individual.

Length: 85cm

The cane arrived with a rubber ferrule - this has been replaced with a steel tipped metal ferrule

Silver condition: The silver cane banding is in excellent condition free from breaks or cracks. The pencil itself is in excellent condition and appears to be unused after  retirement. However, the silver case of the pencil has two indents- possibly the rent collector had a door shut on the pencil !

A lovely cane with loads of history

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Art Deco Compass Collectors Gadget Walking Stick 1900 -1930 

The cane is made from one-piece ‘black palm’ wood. An exotic wood that has some unusual characteristics.

Firstly, the colouration of the grain is a dark red brown with distinctive hard black streaks. Secondly, when viewing the area where the compass is held, the end grain looks spotted or like a hammered leather effect. It is this end grain, which was highly sought after during the Art Deco period for specialist objects of art. Black and red palm wood is an exotic species of wood that is held to be very difficult to work with due to its density.  The style and construction of this cane fits perfectly in  the Art Deco period 1900 – 1930’s

Condition:

Cane: The cane is excellent condition for it's age, free from breaks, cracks or restoration. There is some slight wood chips running down the length of the cane, however only found on close inspection. The base of the cane is fitted with a brass collar.

Compass: the compass is sunk tightly into the wood and is a good working example. Free from cracks, breaks and no evidence of  restoration.

Length: 86cm

Compass Size: 1.4 cm diameter

Width on Top Pommel: 3cm diameter

Base Diameter:1.25cm

A very special slim line  gadget cane

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This is a very neat little  Victorian - Early Edwardian animal horn segmented cane.

The handle of the cane is carved from one piece cow horn into the shape of a pony's hoof and lower leg.The shaft of the cane made up of horn segments and  mounted on a metal rod.

The base of the cane nicely finished with a horn ferrule.

 The carving of the handle  does suggest the cane has been made for use by a child. Alternatively, due to the length there is a suggestion that the cane was designed as a teacher's pointer cane.

Condition: Horn canes with age are becoming increasingly difficult to find in one piece. This cane has everything in place including the original ferrule. However, some of the horn down the shaft  has experienced expansion lines.

Length:73cm

Length of handle: 7cm

Width of Handle: 1cm

Top Shaft Diameter: 1.5cm

Base Diameter: .75cm

This is a very unusual and very attractive little stick

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This is a very stylish collectors cane in ebony and ivory in the strong stylish nature of Art Deco.

Condition: The elephant ivory does show the relevant expansion lines due to the age of an early 20th Century cane. The lower ivory collar has a more  prominent expanded joint - please see picture gallery.

 The shaft is free from breaks, cracks or splits. The base of the stick does not hold a ferrule nor appears ever to have held one( tiny old wood chip at the base) - this likely due to the strength of the wood and the distictive style

Length:76cm

Handle length:11.5cm

Handle Width: 2cm

Top Cane Diameter: 2cm

Base Cane Diameter: 1cm

A good quality stick for use or to add to a collection

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Background History

This rosewood folk flute gadget cane is not only unique but steeped in history with a great pedigree in the world of music. With a highly powered eyeglass one can see the remains of the engraved wording on the cane shaft:

Hawkes & Son

Denman Street

Piccadily Circus

London

William Henry Hawkes (1830-1900), a state trumpet player for Queen Victoria, retired from service and joined forces with the French bandmaster Jules Rivière.  The company formed in 1865, specialising in military instruments, accessories and sheet music, trading across the British Empire. The closest competitor of the time being  Boosey & Sons.

Research indicates that Hawkes & Son expanded into woodwind instruments in the early 20^th Century and further developing by building a factory in  North London in 1925 for the production of musical instruments.

 A merger in 1930 between two competitors created Boosey & Hawkes, one of the world's leading brass & woodwind companies in the 20^th Century.

Changing directions of Boosey & Hawks led the company to sell the instrument division to concentrate solely on it’s music publishing interests in 2003

Research suggests the folk flute cane was made between  1910 – 1920. The flute and shaft made from rosewood, while the pommel formed from mahogany with a silver top decorative button plate (suggested silver - although not tested nor marked as such).

The wear on the makers mark together with the patina on the shaft suggests this cane has been regularly played during its lifetime. The cane has been examined by a musical instrument dealer and verifies that the flute is a working example.

To be played the cane has to be dismantled from the bottom shaft section.

The top shaft section is easily removed for cleaning etc

Condition: the cane is in excellent condition yet showing appropriate wear for age. There is no evidence of cracks, breaks or restoration being undertaken in the past. The metal ferrule on the base of the cane appears to be the original

Length of cane fully assembled: 95cm

Pommel Diameter:3.5cm

Top Shaft Diameter: 2cm

Base Cane Diameter: 1.5cm

An excellent example of a unique systems musical cane for the serious collector

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Marquetry Walking Sunday Golf Collectors Cane

This a very interesting little cane formed in the shape of a golf club. The head formed from layers of differing veneer woods - not stain.

Age: early 20th Century

Condition: The cane has a few knocks and wood bruises to the handle as the photographs show, indicating a putt or two with a golf ball over its life time. Otherwise the cane is in excellent condition for its age - free from breaks, cracks or restoration. The base of the cane has had a replacement ferrule

Length : 84cm

A good little starter cane for a collection

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A beautiful example of a late Victorian early Edwardian tapering segmented animal horn cane on internal metal rod

When held up to the light the some of the horn segments appear semi-translucent therefore providing even more colour tones in the cane. Ending in a brass ferrule.

Cane Condition: This cane is in excellent condition free from breaks, cracks or restoration. Clean straight line on full length of cane, with even balance and excellent strength.

Length: 87.5cm

Top Diameter: 3cm

End Ferrule Diameter: 1cm

An excellent cane to add to a collection or to use.

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Victorian Silver Topped Cane - London 1888

Maker: Charles Boyton - London

This is a fine example of a Victorian silver cane. The unusual streaky black and brown stripe effect down the shaft indicates the cane has been formed from Coromandel Ebony hardwood.

Condition: The silver top is free from breaks,cracks or tears. However, there is a slight indent on the top where the monogram is located.

The cane itself shows the natural grain of the wood and is free from any breaks, cracks or restoration. The cane is completed with what appears to be the original ferrule which although split is still firm on the cane

Length: 90cm

Top Diameter of Pommel:3cm

Top Cane Diameter: 2.5cm

Base Ferrule Diameter: 1.25cm

This is a very beautiful yet, simple walking stick with a small pommel handle, slim shaft and ending in a traditional Edwardian ferrule. The most fascinating area of the stick is the 9cm depth, repouss’e and chased silver band.

Hallmarked London 1909 Sterling Silver with the makers mark W.C indicating William Comyns & Sons Ltd London. The study on the silver band, taken from the Angel’s Heads (1786) by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Sir Joshua Reynolds based The Angel’s Heads on Miss Frances Isabella Ker Gordon the only child of Lord William Gordon and his wife Frances. The five head positions of the young Miss Frances together with  expressions are held to be an illustration of the changing moods of a child.

Cane Condition

The cane is in excellent condition free from breaks or cracks. The base ferrule has been replaced with an original Edwardian ferrule and the shaft has been re- lacquered.

The silver is in excellent condition without breaks or cracks and showing appropriate wear for age.

Measurements

Cane Length: 92cm

Pommel Diameter: Approx 3.5cm

Shaft Diameter Top: Approx 2cm

Shaft Diameter Bottom: Approx 1.25cm

Please note the photograps for this stick were taken prior to cleaning

Ladies French Lemaire F1  Mother of Pear Opera Glass Cane

This is a fabulous ladies gadget cane of the late victorian period - likely 1880 -1890

The glasses decorated with mother of pearl and brass which is consistent with with the upper supporting cane shaft. The shaft extends and the glasses are moved  over in order to view the opera or theatre event. When the event is over, the extension is pushed down and the glasses are reverted back to the home carrying position

The shaft of the cane made of hardwood and black laquered - ending in brass ferrule

Length: 88cm

Condition of Cane: the cane is in excellent condition- free from breaks or cracks.Evaluation suggests the wood has been re-laquered  at some point, likely to be in keeping with the excellence of the opera glasses. The mother of pearl decoration  is all in place with some minor friction cracks which would have been caused by allowing the cane to drop.

Condition Opera Glasses: All mother of pearl in tact. The glasses work with ease. The left hand glass has been built up slightly higher with a chrome collar , yet is in keeping with the cane.

This type of ladies gadget cane is extremely rare and very seldom seen once entering a private collection

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Victorian Snuff Box Gadget Cane With Silver Band

This a very good quality Victorian snuff box cane with a deep silver collar, Hallmarked Chester 1899.  The silversmith’s mark is evident, but not sufficiently crisp in detail, to determine the maker.

The monogrammed snuff box is formed from cow horn with brass pins, together with a top opening lid also in cow horn with what appears to be brass hinge.

Condition:

The cane length, snuff box and silver band are all in excellent condition free from breaks, crack or restoration. The snuff box lid itself in excellent condition. However, the horn attached to the brass hinge  is worn at either end. Therefore, usable but delicate. Please see gallery pictures for further details.

Evidently the base ferrule has been replaced at some point and does hold a minor crack, but should last a further 50 years without needing  to be replaced!

More than likely this has been a commisioned cane for a Gentry farmer of the Victorian period, that just loved his snuff.

Cane Length: 89cm

Width of snuff box: 7cm

Depth of Snuff Box: 4cm

Height of snuff box :1.5cm

A very smart gadget/ systems cane

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Victorian Silver Buckle Cane 1893 - Lignum Vitae

This is a very simple, yet very stunning collectors cane. A cane that if put in use, rather than a collection  today would look just as good in another 100 years.

 The silver buckle indicating Victorian - 1893 Birmingham. As the pictures show the hallmarks are well worn but suggest the silversmith being either James Swann or John Silverston also from Birmingham. The buckle having a well worn decoration - monogram

The most interesting part of the cane is the wood. The hard dense wood grain together with the strength and weight indicates that the shaft has been formed from Lignum Vitae. A wood commonly used in the past for police trunchions,together with lawn bowls, coquet mallets, skittles and many more items in past engineering and clock making.

Condition: The cane is in excellent condition. There is minor bruising to the wood here and there which needs to be searched for. However,  no cracks,breaks or restoration. What appears to be the original ferrule is also in place and firm.

Length: 91.5cm

Top diameter: 2.25cm

Base of cane diameter :1cm

The strength,balance and feel of this very slim walking stick is perfection. 

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Mother of Pearl Gaming Cane

This is a fascinating late Victorian - Early Edwardian  gadget or systems gaming cane.

The brass and mother of pearl game vase holds three miniature dice. When the cane is tapped on the floor the dice jump to new positions.

The top glass is highly magnified and can be unscrewed to allow entry to the dice, add more dice to make the game more complex or just simply ensuring  the glass is  clean if the stakes are high.

The cane is made from bamboo, which has been waxed rather than lacquered

Condition of Game Vase: The mother of pearl decoration is all in position without cracks or lifting and shows appropriate wear for age. The brass, the screw lid and magnifying glass are in excellent condition yet showing appropriate usage wear. The dice are very tiny with some of the black ebonised dots worn in some areas

Cane Condition: The cane is in excellent condition with clean straight lines. The benefits of a waxed rather than a lacquered cane being they take a less damaging fall when dropped. Ending in a metal ferrule

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