SOLD FOR $7,800
SOLD FOR $4,800
Carved whale ivory and whalebone walking stick circa 1860, a carved ivory clenched fist holding a coiled serpent with ruffled shirt grip on a tapering whalebone shaft starting with an octagonal panel, 2 reeded rings flanking a larger reeded section, above a rope carved section having a wormline ending with a plain turned long ferrule. Old collection number on the tip of the cane.
Length 36 ½ in.
Whalemen carved whalebone, whale ivory, abalone and baleen walking stick. Circa 1850, a flat ivory knob with carved rings and large abalone disk inlaid grip; bone shaft inlaid with abalone diamond, baleen ovals, bars, dots and circles, crosshatch fluted and ring turned.
Length 35 ½ in.
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