English Silver and Whalebone Walking Stick, mid 19th Century, capstan shaped silver basket weave grip with beaded trim and engraved band, the top engraved with a crowned sea lion with saber, upper banner “Pro Rege in Tyrannos,” lower banner “Victoria vel Mors,” the edge engraved “W. S. McDowell, 11 Blackford Road,” on a carved cross hatch and tapering rope whalebone shaft ending in a similar decorated silver ferrule. Length 37 ¾ in.

Provenance: Hyland Granby Antiques to Private Collector

Whale Ivory and Whalebone Walking Stick, circa 1850, carved ivory Turk’s turban grip and cross hatch section with four baleen spacers, on a carved tapering whalebone worm line shaft. Length 36 ½ in.

Whale Ivory and Whalebone Walking Stick, circa 1850, carved ivory Turk’s turban grip on a rope carved tapering whalebone shaft, in two sections, enhanced by twelve baleen dots and two spacers. Length 33 ⅓ in.

Provenance: Hyland Granby Antiques to Private Collector