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Lot 116
Sale 2158 - Age of Exploration: Travel & Discovery through the Centuries
Oct 14, 2020
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$1,875
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Two horse hoof-form dagger canes Various dates mid to late 19th century
The first a horn and bamboo dagger cane, the carved horn handle in the form of a horse hoof with steel-cut bead nails, the 13-inch Solingen-style steel blade unsheathed by release button at collar, the blade apparently unmarked, with modern rubber ferrule; the second a horn and spotted bamboo dagger cane, the carved horn handle in the form of a horse hoof with tortoiseshell horseshoe and steel-cut bead nails, the 12-inch steel blade unsheathed by release button at white metal filigree collar, the blade apparently unmarked, modern rubber ferrule over original horn ferrule. (2).
L 36 in. (longest)