Aquarellist’s Gadget Stick Artist Cane 19th Century, on bamboo shaft with three compartments. Illustrated in Cane Curioso. An “Aquarellist’s Gadget Stick” refers to a 19th-century artist’s or painter’s system cane Designed for the Victorian “en plein air” (outdoors) painter, these walking sticks discreetly concealed compact watercolor studios, folding easels, or hidden compartments for canvases, brushes, and paint tins.

Length 36 in.

Provenance: The Estate of Eddie Van Auken