Lot 159
SCRIMSHAW CARVED AND INLAID WHALE BONE WALKING CANE
19TH CENTURY
Auction: 30 March 2011 at 12:00 BST
£5,000
Description
marine ivory pommel loose, the whale bone middle and upper portion of square section with a birdcage and foliate design with inlaid mother of pearl, abalone and tortoiseshell in the shapes of diamond, heart, star and moon motifs, the lower section with a fluted and a spiral pattern
Dimensions
95cm long
Footnote
Note:
A similar cane can be found in the New Bedford Whaling Museum Number 2001.100.470.
Another similar cane sold at Dreweatts Godalming Salerooms on 26th April 2006, Lot 220.