SOLD FOR $21,600
Whale Ivory and Whalebone Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1850, the top ⅓ of the stick carved in four sections of whale ivory, the grip of a right hand clench fist with incised fingernails and buttoned shirt cuff, elongated diamond section above very finely carved cross hatching, above a zigzag reeded section. All the sections defined by octagonal baleen spacers within faceted band and thin rings, the lower portion of the tapering whalebone shaft carved with a triple line coiled around an octagonal section above a finely carved rope section above a round tapering section.
Length 42 ¼ in.

Provenance: Hyland Granby Antiques to Private Collector