What kind of ivory is used for walking sticks?
Ivory was a favorite medium for cane artisans who carved fabulous handles of every shape and form for a seemingly insatiable market. Because of its rarity, however, ivory sticks were generally only attainable by the wealthiest members of society. Among the rarest and most expensive examples are those canes carved completely of ivory.
Which is the largest Antique ivory collection in the UK?
DEEPLY CARVED INDIAN IVORY GOD FIGURE SARASWATI 1698 TURNED IVORY MALACCA WALKING STICK ENGLISH CARVED IVORY HORSE HEAD MALACCA WALKING STICK 17TH CENTURY CARVED WALRUS IVORY FIGURE OF A CARVED IVORY AND WOOD MR. JAPANESE IVORY AND CANE WALKING STICK …
How tall is a whalebone ivory walking stick?
Length 89 cm. Vintage bone walking cane with ivory capped handle and ferule., length 82 cm. A whalebone swagger stick, with carved and wrythen turned shaft fitted with an ivory small ball finial affixed to the shaft with a rosewood and horn collar. Length 50 cm.
When was the first decorative walking stick made?
The decorative canes available to collectors today are those hailing primarily from the second half of the 19th century and into the 1920s. Most decorative canes have a plain shaft with a decorative handle crafted from a variety of materials.
Ivory was a favorite medium for cane artisans who carved fabulous handles of every shape and form for a seemingly insatiable market. Because of its rarity, however, ivory sticks were generally only attainable by the wealthiest members of society. Among the rarest and most expensive examples are those canes carved completely of ivory.
The decorative canes available to collectors today are those hailing primarily from the second half of the 19th century and into the 1920s. Most decorative canes have a plain shaft with a decorative handle crafted from a variety of materials.
Length 89 cm. Vintage bone walking cane with ivory capped handle and ferule., length 82 cm. A whalebone swagger stick, with carved and wrythen turned shaft fitted with an ivory small ball finial affixed to the shaft with a rosewood and horn collar. Length 50 cm.
What kind of walking stick has a fist?
This talented scrimshander’s folk art walking stick has a knob in the form of an anatomically perfect fist holding a ball. The fist, with early style ruffled cuff, is carved as nicely as we have ever seen, exhibiting detail between the fingers, fingernails and even veins in the back of the hand!
