Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late 19th-first half 20th century, all unsigned, the first with derby bone handle with gilt mounts, over an ebony shaft (34 1/4 in.); the second with bone knob handle, hidden sword to the interior with brass ferrules, and metal ground tip (35 1/2 in.); the third featuring a carved bone fist form handle, bamboo shaft with leather wrist loop and metal ground tip (34 3/4 in.); the fourth a walking stick in twisting vine form (35 in.); the fifth with mahogany shaft with inlaid and carved neck band beneath an "L" form handle (32 1/2 in.); the sixth in spalted light wood, carved to resemble bamboo nodes beneath an "L" form handle (36 1/2 in.); the seventh in knotted wood with applied red brown stain and "T" Handle (35 3/4 in.).
From a Prominent Collector, Aiken, South Carolina Some surface wear, staining and handling wear from age and use; gilt mounts on bone handle with some looseness; mahogany can with crack near handle.
