A Most Excellent and Masterpiece of Maritime Inlaid Work Walking Stick, circa 1830, fashioned of silver, whale ivory, abalone, mother-of-pearl, and tropical woods. A whale ivory carved 16 groove knob inlaid with a mother-of-pearl sunburst ring and 18 wood sawtooth inlays and a silver star above 2 rings on an octagonal tapering shaft of 24 inlaid alternating sections of contrasting ivory and ebony wood and 360 inlaid stars-framed diamonds-and dots; transitioning to a round rosewood shaft ending in a 1 ½ in. whale ivory ferrule.
Length 33 ¼ in.
Provenance: From the Collection of Gail and Rafael Osona