Five Walking Sticks

late 19th/early 20th century, including:
an Asian walking stick with engraved curved horn handle with applied sterling silver filigree and collar, the collar engraved "MK Bowen / Dec 25, 1897", beechwood shaft and horn ferrule, l. 36";
an Italian walking stick with "Riempito" (resin-filled sterling silver) pommel handle of a frog on a sphere, ebonized shaft and brass ferrule, l. 37-1/2";
an American walking stick with hardwood angled handle with an inset 1912 Liberty head nickel cap, sterling silver "buckle" collar, mahogany shaft and steel ferrule, l. 34-1/2";
an American walking stick with "Homeric"-style sterling silver opera handle and collar by Amasa Lyon & Co., New York, palmwood shaft and pointed steel ferrule, l. 35"; and
an American walking stick with celluloid "Eight Ball" handle with brass collar, ebonized shaft and rubber ferrule, l. 35-3/4".


Provenance: Private collection, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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