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BRIGG Bobtail dog Walking Cane. London, ca. 1900

The Old English Sheepdog, also known as the Bobtail, is a large and athletic dog breed developed in England in the early 19th century. It has a great protective instinct, they are extremely friendly and peaceful, it was bred for cattle herding and helping farmers drive cattle and sheep to the market.

The L handle is 12 cm lengthwise x 2.5 cm high x 4 at its widest. It depicts the well-carved head of a Bobtail with glass eyes, it shows a highly skilled carving executed in the root of a single piece of stepped malacca and it is brand-marked BRIGG ending with a horn tip, the O.L. is 90 cm, with any chips or cracks the condition is perfect.

Swaine Adeney Brigg, is one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious manufacturers of leather goods, walking canes and umbrellas. A recent book “IN GOOD HANDS” about his craftsmanship has been published very recently: http://www.swaineadeney.co.uk/about/the-book/index.html

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Automaton Monkey, System Walking cane. England, circa 1890

The carved and painted wood handle is 9 cm high x 5,5 cm at its widest. It depicts in fine detail a Chimpanzee dressed as a bourgeois, wearing a white hat and white collar, it has two colour glass eyes. When a button at the back of the head is engaged, it stick-out its tongue on a gracious way. It is on top of a hardwood shaft, there is a metal collar and a bimetal ferrule. The mechanics work wonderful, without cracks, it has a few little chips on the white hat, nevertheless the condition is excellent.

Similar examples: 11/12 & 11/7 are shown on pages 117 & 118 of C. Dike’s Cane Curiosa.

A monkeys’ head on a human body symbolically represents the vanity of man. And when these stick out the tongue, the message is even stronger.

Moving objects, fascinate children and adults from old times, during the 19^th century also found their way into canes, it was a prime source of entertainment, to catch the attention of a lady or just to entertain children.

Surrealistic figures, Folk Art Walking Cane. France ca. 1880

This One-piece Cane carved from an unknown wood has on top of the handle a Salamander and a Cicada, both, symbolic animals of the warm summers of the French Provence.

Prominently carved, we see the faces of a king wearing his crown and an Indian crowned with feathers, there are sea animals like a turtle, and a fish with the head of an otter, a shell and a palm-three are also represented in the shaft as many animal heads carved in the knots of the wood like a fox, a monkey, a wolf etc. Most of the carved figures are etched and enhanced with a heated needle. The OL is 95 cm, without chips or cracks, the condition is excellent. Like most of the folk-art canes, this one is wearing a warm and wonderful patina.

“Hence, Canes are made by shepherds living in the countryside where stars and seasons are the only points of reference and where time does not matter; by old men sitting by the fireside on whom time has lost its grip; by soldiers waiting in the mud of trenches to go back to life or to march to death; by prisoners for whom freedom is so far away that it has become an abstraction. The cane is the work of a man uninhibited, who does not account for his time and for whom time doesn’t matter or no longer means anything” (G. Segas) Popular art canes by L. Jantzen

A Countryside Hunt Terrier Dog, a tall Walking cane. England, ca. 1900

This handle depicts a wonderfully carved head of a Hunt Terrier with sparkling glass eyes and the familiar brown colouration, the carver chose a piece of wood of the same brown shadow that these adorable animals have. Such carving and motive indicate English provenance. It is 7 cm high x 9 cm lengthwise x 6 cm wide and is on top of an extraordinary fully-bark malacca shaft, the O.L. is 1,07 m ending with a horn tip. The whole cane has minimal signs of usage and the condition is perfect.

Hunt Terrier (not "hunting terrier") refers to types of terrier dogs that were attached to British hunts, horse-oriented social clubs devoted to chasing the red fox on horseback, following packs of hounds. The hunt terrier was kept for a variety of reasons, such as rat control around stables and kennels, and to run with the hounds to flush the fox from small hiding places. * Wikipedia

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An adorable Donkey Bronze Cane, France circa 1900

The massive bronze handle is 7 cm high x 11 cm to the side x 4 cm at widest. It is shaped as a long-eared donkey harnessed and adorned with jingle bells and pom-poms. There is a plain horn collar, it is top of a sound malacca shaft with a beautiful honey colour in a warm and uniform patina, it presents two metal eyelets to pass a cord through. The OL is 93 cm it ends with a copper ferrule. Without dents or cracks on the bronze or malacca, the condition is excellent.

The subject of donkeys as a pet, became very popular at the end of the Victorian era when Queen Victoria acquired the famous donkey Jacquot in one of her trips to the French Riviera and took it back with her to the Buckingham Palace. In pictures of that time, we can see him pulling her carriage, her love for animals was highly known. For more information, you see the following links:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/21/queen-victoria-french-spa-town-life-aix-les-bains

https://curiousrambler.com/2013/06/11/queen-victoria-in-nice/

A trilogy of avatars of psychological archetypes Walking stick, France ca. 1900

Well known that the psychological aspect of each of us plays a role when choosing our clothes, especially when a gentleman chooses his cane.

We present here an unusual example of three human and animal features, symbolized by three avatars, fidelity of the dog, the cunning and longevity of the cat and the wisdom of the owl, all three integrated and followed one by the other.

The Silver tested knob, modelled in heavy cast and finely hand chased, depicting the three animals mentioned above, is 4 cm high x 5 cm to the side x 4 cm wide. Whit a silver collar engraved the initials E.C. it is on top of an ebony shaft carved with dots and finishing with a metal tip. The O.L. of the cane is 88 cm. Without any chips or cracks or crashes, the condition is perfect!

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Lying Horse Cane. England, ca. 1900

This large red-deer antler handle is carved depicting a horse lying flat with folded legs and raised neck, his face with an open mouth is decorated with two inset glass eyes and an amusing mane, the skilful carver used the natural indentations of the horn to decorate the animal's back.

This enjoyable cane is 5,5 cm high x 15 cm to the side x 3 cm wide and is on top of sound malacca shaft, there is a metal collar decorated with scrolls. The O.L. of the cane is 88 cm and is ending with an old bimetal ferrule. Without any chips or cracks in the handle, the condition is excellent!

Horses have appeared in works of art throughout history. The creating artist of this cane must have exceptional knowledge of the subject.

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Classic hard-stone Art Nouveau Walking stick. France, ca. 1900

Semi-precious stones and gems have long been known for their magic and beauty. The beauty and uniqueness of crystals and other stones have long been recognized for their mystic influence on our day-to-day lives. Historically, people used them for trade and jewellery and, even in modern times, we use them to create new and wondrous technologies. They are the product of natural energy derived from cosmic and geological forces including stars.

This Elegant handle is conceived with a beautiful Iranian agate which exhibits a beautiful brick-red tone interspersed with ocher shades, it is supported by a metal cage made up of models from this period, it measures 3,5 cm high x 3 cm at its widest. It is on top of a sound exotic wood shaft almost in the same shadows of the stone, and finishing with a horn tip. The O.L. is 89 cm, it shows only a few signs of it has been used, and the condition is excellent. It is still a very wearable cane.

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A Russian Champleve enamel Cane, Moscow ca. 1890

Champlevé enamelling is conceived to add colour and glitter to metalwork by creating small “compartments” below the surface, which are then filled with powdered glass and other materials and heated to a fusion point in a kiln. Once the enamel has cooled, must be smoothed with pumice stone and polished. The metal lines left untouched between the troughs serve as partitions.

Used in jewellery art made during Classical Antiquity, it was only during the era of Celtic art (from about 400 BCE onwards) that the technique became consistent and widespread.

This cane is fashioned as a Montgolfier balloon and modelled in the raised enamel champleve technique with Russian patterns and coloured with turquoise blue, red, white, purple, and ultramarine-blue shadows. The elaboration detail and fineness suggest high skills. There are traces it has been gilded once. It is 7 cm high x 4 cm diameter, it bears Russian trademarks, one is the traditional Kokoshnik 48 the other is AA (assayer) Anatoly Apollonovich Artsybashev, active in Moscow from 1888 - 1898, according to the well-known silver-marks catalogue online

https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_assay_01.html It is on top of a sound black snakewood shaft and finishing with an ivory tip, the O.L. is 91 cm, there are minimal signs of use, the condition is perfect.

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A rarely encountered coloured Millefiori Murano Glass Walking Cane, Italy ca. 1900

Murano glass is made on the Venetian island of Murano, which has specialized in fancy glassware for centuries. Murano’s glassmakers led Europe for centuries, developing or refining many technologies including crystalline glass, enamelled glass (smalto), golden glass (goldstone), multicoloured glass (millefiori), milk glass (lattimo), and imitation gemstones made of glass. Today, the artisans of Murano are still employing these centuries-old techniques. * Wikipedia.

The 5 cm. high x 2,5 cm diameter cylindrical handle, is made of glass-paste in the Pate de Verre Murano technique. It features multiple flowers in primary and secondary colours, much like that seen in fine Italian Venetian glass 19th-century paperweights. It is on top of a hardwood shaft with a metal collar idem a horn tip. The O.L. is 97 cm. Without chips or cracks, the condition is perfect, this Cane survives intact inside a cupboard for the last 120 years.

Countryside Wolf, lovely mascot Cane, England ca 1900

The whole cane is made of a single piece of a branch. The figure depicts a masterly carved wolf with glass eyes and coloured face 10 cm to the side x 4 cm wide. It is brand marked: MADE IN ENGLAND close to the horn tip, also marked CAMPION PARIS above close to the figure which indicates it had been retailed to this fancy shop in the French capital. The O.L. is 93 cm, it ends with a horn tip and the whole cane has minimal signs of usage, the condition is perfect.

Possible no other creature has stirred us to a more mystical communion with nature or a more abject fear of her dark realities than the wolf. Wolves are hair-raisers. Traversing the Great Distances on their slender legs and prodigious feet they appear to float, silent and spectral, like emissary spirits. *Book of Symbols.

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A rarely encountered Shark vertebrae Marine Cane, Sweden 1913

The substantial well-modelled handle, preciously hand chased and engraved to depict a shark showing all the features of this creatures, as it rows of teeth, it is 8 cm high x 25 cm to the side x 3 cm wide. Along the cylindrical shank we read incised in Swedish: C F Ett stod for life “One stood for life” and the maker's marks: LANDSORT - L7 for 1913 according to the silver-marks catalogue online www.925-1000.com It is top of an amazing rough vertebrae shaft assembled with an iron core, one of the vertebra has been covered later with a silver presentation ring to IVAR JANSSON 24/7 1937 it ends with a bimetal ferrule. OL is 90 cm. With no cops or dents in the silver and all vertebrae are in perfect condition, a few are turning free, the condition is perfect !

The shark spirit-animal is a peaceable predator. If you want to know the meaning of the shark symbolism, it is to be strong and aggressive when it comes to opportunities and challenges. *Whatsmyspiritanimal.

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This One-piece Cane carved from an unknown wood has on top of the handle a Salamander and a Cicada, both, symbolic animals of the warm summers of the French Provence. Prominently carved, we see the faces of a king wearing his crown and an Indian crowned with feathers, there are sea animals like a turtle, and a fish with the head of an otter, a shell and a palm-three are also represented in the shaft as many animal heads carved in the knots of the wood like a fox, a monkey, a wolf etc. Most of the carved figures are etched and enhanced with a heated needle. The OL is 95 cm, without chips or cracks, the condition is excellent. Like most of the folk-art canes, this one is wearing a warm and wonderful patina. “Hence, Canes are made by shepherds living in the countryside where stars and seasons are the only points of reference and where time does not matter; by old men sitting by the fireside on whom time has lost its grip; by soldiers waiting in the mud of trenches to go back to life or to march to death; by prisoners for whom freedom is so far away that it has become an abstraction. The cane is the work of a man uninhibited, who does not account for his time and for whom time doesn’t matter or no longer means anything” (G. Segas) Popular art canes by L. Jantzen

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