$896
A collection of eight fine wooden canes, including one with an ornate silver repoussé handle marked ". 905"; one that is a three-foot length of tapering bone, carved in the center with a scrimshaw scene featuring a whaling ship and whaleboats in pursuit; one with a silver-banded burl wood handle, engraved with the name "H.J. Wall"; one with a tapering octagonal shaft engraved all around with various numbers as if for mathematical computation; one with a handle made from a goat's hoof and horn, marked "Interlaken"; one with a carved shaft featuring folk art depictions of a bull fight and the Mexican eagle consuming a snake, topped with a handle presumably shaped from a bull's horn; and others. Largest, 56 inches PROVENANCE From the Estate of Jonathan Winters Categories: Jonathan Winters
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2014-04-11
