This unusual ivory handle is 5,5 cm high and 2,5 cm at widest, is carved representing a Ship Figurehead, it is very well carved in a primitive manner without arms her breast has been crushed on order to be positioned at the prow, there is a 14 k. gold collar decorated with punched stars on top of one piece dark-ochre baleen shaft 1,5 cm thick, it is compressed and modeled cylindrical, its construction involved heating, stretching and fussing of the massive baleen in technology that is now long lost. It has a metal ferrule. The O.L. is 89 cm. Her nose has been broken long ago, condition is very good.

An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or to a divinity. It is given in fulfillment of a vow. * Wikipedia.

The idea of placing a carving of a living thing at the ship's front also tied in to beliefs that the ship was spiritually a living thing; the figurehead was a representation of the spirit of a ship. Often, the female depicted on the front of the ship was representative of the ship's allegiance or origins; for example, a carving of a queen identified the vessel as loyal to the country of that particular ruler. In an other way it served to indicate the name of the ship in a non-literate society; and always, in the case of naval ships,to demonstrate the wealth and might of the owner. * thinkexist.com

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A great carved ivory cane, the elephant ivory handle is 6 cm high, 5,5 cm to the side and 5 cm wide. It depicts a nicely detailed composition of two hunter’s puppies with sulphur glass eyes, watching carefully its prey. There is a gilded collar with English hallmarks on top of a sound malacca shaft, it has a horn ferrule. The OL is 89 cm. The hair lines are very clear, as you see on the pictures but with any chips or cracks, the condition is excelent.

The silver crook handle is 10 cm high x 22 cm to the side x 2,5 cm thick, it depicts an elephant with ivory tusks and red glass eyes, it has tiny French silver marks. It is on top of a slender snakewood shaft with a bimetal ferrule. The O.L. is 89 cm, and without chips or cracks, only signs of usage, the condition is excellent.

This charming and tender couple have been for many years in a very important collection of a friend of me and apparently want to continue together. The Wolf is carved in one-piece of ebony, the head is 5cm high x 6 cm to the side x 3,5 wide. The shaft is carved with dots, there is a bimetal ferrule and the O.L is 93 cm, with no cracks or chips the condition is perfect.

The Sheep adorned with glass eyes, is 4,5 high x 4 cm to the side x 3 cm wide. It is wonderful carved in ebony and the snout carved in ivory, it is skillfully inserted in the ebony and it is on top of a slender ebony shaft with a 1 cm high silver collar and a metal ferrule, the O.L. 85 cm, without chips or cracks, the condition is perfect.

Sheep have been domesticated for probably 12000 years. Sheep are symbols of the simple goodness we bring to life when we have the desire and affection to do good for others and to be good ourselves. Such goodness is gentle and patient, just like sheep, but needs to be protected from attack by other selfish parts of our character that can easily destroy our desire to do good for others. This can be seen in the way a shepherd is able to bring a flock of sheep together to protect and guide it and rescue those ones that have gone astray. In the Bible flocks of sheep were often a sign of material wealth just as we can be spiritually rich if we bring together all sorts of good affections in our lives.

The silvered bronze handle is 7 cm high and 3 cm at widest. It is a very interesting historical-Political cane, representing the iconic French Republic symbol Marianne portrayed as a young lady with wonderful detail, wearing the Phrygian cap, and adorned with two laurels branches around, it is signed H.F. and dated 1871. It is on top of a slender Rosewood shaft with pierced eyelets and a 5 cm bimetal ferrule. OL: 91 cm. With no chips or cracks, only a little wear, the condition is excellent.

The crook handle is 9 cm high x 25 cm to the side x 3 cm wide. It is beautifully fashioned in the form of an American Indian with long earrings, a scarf and a head band with diamonds, oval stones and very long feathers. It is on top of a Rosewood shaft, there is a bimetal ferule. The O.L is 90 cm. Without chips or cracks, it has minimal traces of use and the condition is perfect.

The well carved ebony wood handle is 6 cm high x 9 cm to the side x 3 cm wide. It depicts a wonderfully detailed duck with a caricaturesque expression, it has yellow glass eyes, ivory tongue and teeth and the tongue is conceived to vibrate continuously, the mechanics work very well. There is a woven collar made with silver thread. It is on top of a slender ebony shaft carved with dots and ending whit a bimetal ferule. The OL is 88 cm and without chips or cracks the condition is perfect.

Made for the European market, this unusual elephant ivory handle representing a perfect carved Sea Lion with its two puppets in an astonishing composition is 10 cm high and 4 cm at its widest, the ivory quality is supreme, with no hairlines. It has a 2 cm high silver collar, marked with initials B.H. It is on top of a sound Malacca shaft with a bimetal ferrule. The OL is 88 cm and without chips or cracks the condition is perfect.

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, are 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 heat-needle. The OL is 95 cm and 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 totally 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

This Extraordinary and delicate elephant ivory handle is 7,5 cm high, and 3.5 cm at its widest. It depicts an elaborated and well modeled composition of different fruits exquisitely linking together, collar and eyelets are carved in walnut, on top of a malacca shaft without tip, the O.L. is 88 cm. basket has a little chip at the upper edge (See pictures) hardly noticeable, the condition is excellent.

Unusual spy lens inside a carved bone in the form of a gauntlet with scrolls is 12 cm high and 4 cm. thick, mounted circa 1920 on a two sections ebony shaft with an ivory ring in middle as the fashion at that time was. The O.L. is 91 cm. Without chips or cracks the condition is perfect.

The flattened sphere handle made in elephant ivory is 3 cm high and 6 cm. diameter, the terrace has a bronze badge engraved with a bunch of grapes and three characters, the chamber on top unscrews to reveal a corkscrew, in the lowest chamber there is a glass flask closed with a cork to keep a sample of the best spirits, it has a 2 cm. bimetal ferule. The OL is 89 cm. and the condition is excellent.

Similar examples: 24/19 & 24/20 are shown on page 241 of C. Dike's Cane Curiosa.

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A splendid and translucent massive piece modeled in light green horn to imitate Bamboo. The width of the handle is 12 cm, and 13,5 cm high. Its construction involved heating, stretching and fussing of the massive horn in technology that is now long lost, this cane has been made in three segments, the detail of the buds is amazing, it has a bimetal ferrule. The O.L. is 90 cm, without any damage, the condition is perfect.

The cylindrical silver handle is 10,5 cm high and 3 cm diameter, it is embossed and decorated with scrolls and a dragon as symbol of status. In this Cane the shaft is the core, it is Rosewood decorated with minuscule mother pearl pieces depicting pendant blades and flowers, it is exquisite inlaid in a segment of 50 cm long, it has a metal ferule. The O.L. is 95 cm. Only a few of the blades are missing, it is hardly noticeable, the condition is excellent.  

The crutch handle is 8cm high and 9 cm at its widest. It is skillfully worked in the damascene style with two shadows of gold on a black steel base. It features above on the curve a mythical flying dragon amidst floral scrolls. On top of a slender ebony shaft, ends with a bimetal ferule. The O.L is 86 cm and the condition is excellent. It is a great example of fine metal work.

The elephant ivory handle is 10 cm high and 4 cm diameter, it represents a skull carved on top of the handle, there are a snake and a few flies engraved on it. The triangular shape steel blade is 48 cm long and is conceived to enter in the chamber in only one way. It has an original ferule, the O. L. is 88 cm and without chips or cracks the condition is excellent.

It is a very good example of an 18^th c. defensive cane made for the upper class.

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This fascinating and seductive beauty showing her breaths is perfectly carved in elephant ivory, it measures 8 cm high and 4 cm to the side. She has Chinese eyes, and is wearing an elaborated headdress adorned with jewels and pearls inspired in the Empire fashion. There is a gilded collar, it is on top of a sound snake wood shaft finishing with a bimetal ferrule. The O.L. is 87 cm. With any chips or cracks the condition is perfect.

Attached to a yew wood shaft with a feminine leg as handle the elephant ivory representing a guitarist monkey playing on a roster and singing, is very well carved with a very funny expression, it is 6 cm high and 4 cm at widest, it has a metal ferrule. The OL is 86 cm. With any chips or cracks the condition is perfect.

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The width of the horn handle is 3 cm, and 7 cm high. The scissors, the crowbar and top are signed DUBOIS as a trade mark, in addition a little brush in the knob in order to facilitate Pollination. There is a metal ring with a weave pattern on top of a bamboo shaft. The O. L. is 89 cm. and the condition is excellent.

A similar cane is shown on page 207, pic. 25/15 of: Cane Curiosa by C. Dike.

This elephant ivory unusual handle measures 5 cm high, and 3 cm at his widest. She is wearing Clothes from the antiquity and a headdress adorned with a diadem typical from that era, the carving is wonderful. There is a collar made with a silver woven thread, on top of a slender ebony shaft finishing with a bimetal ferrule. The O.L. is 89 cm with any chips or cracks or hairlines the condition is perfect.

DESCRIPTIONS UNDER CONSTRUTION

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This Belle Époque cane has a celluloid handle representing a nymph, it measures 6 cm high, and 4 cm at his widest. The nymph isinspired in the famous posters of Mucha, it has a Tortoiseshell collar on top of a Java Bamboo shaft, finishing with a bimetal ferrule. The O.L. is 87 cm and the condition is perfect.

The elephant ivory handle is 6 cm high, 4 cm in diameter and it has a wonderful, over 300 year old patina. It is fashioned in the English pique manner with tinny hollow silver dots. They are arranged in a nine stars motif. All the pique work appears to be intact. There is a 2 cm scalloped silver collar on top of a high malacca shaft. The O.L. is 1,15 Mt and the condition is Perfect. It is a marvellous exponent of this desired kind of canes.

The L handle is 6,5 cm high and 6 cm at widest and is made of a single piece of orange agate that has beautiful translucent depth and shading, its finial is sculpted as a stylized dog. There is a 2 cm engraved metal collar on top of a Japanese bamboo shaft with two ivory eyelets and a metal ferrule. The O.L. is 88 cm. No chips or cracks, the condition is perfect.

The L handle is 9.5 cm long, 4.5 cm high and 3.5 cm thick. It depicts the well-carved head of an Jack Russell Terrier with glass eyes and the familiar brown and white coloration, it is very well jointed on top of a Malacca shaft without tip, the O.L. is 89 cm. It is probably English and the condition is very good.

The Stingray shaft is 70 cm. long, the handle is silver chased on a English colonial pattern 7 cm. long 4 cm. in diameter, O.L. 84 cm. Perfect condition, no cracks.

One-piece of a very unusual combination of Folk-art & System cane, the handle is 30cm wide, it has a metal tip. O.L. 93cm. = 36 5/8in. No cracks, the condition is perfect.

S10004

One-piece cane. In between Folk art and bourgeois, this slender of figure is special made to walk in the marshes. Crowned with a carved nymph adorned with aquatic plants. It has a 5 cm metal tip. O.L. 1,20 Mt. it has no cracks, the condition is perfect.

Ref: F90021

One-piece of a very unusual combination of Folk-art & System cane, the handle is 30cm wide, it has a metal tip. O.L. 93cm. = 36 5/8in. No cracks, the condition is perfect.

S10004