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Lot 132
Sale 2158 - Age of Exploration: Travel & Discovery through the Centuries
Oct 14, 2020
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$700 -
900
Price Realized
$1,625
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A group of three measure canes Various dates late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising an English ebonized wood systems cane, the handle opening by hasp to reveal balance, the handle removing from shaft to reveal coin dispenser, the shaft with two hinged compartments, one with glass vial, the other with match strike, the balance by Stephen, Houghton & Son, Ormskirk, England, sold together with a 1911 Great Britain gold Sovereign "George V" coin, 5 dwt.; a French brass-mounted gilt metal and ebonized wood systems walking stick, the handle opening to compartment lined with felt and storing a barometer; and a silver-mounted malacca measure walking stick, the handle unscrewing to reveal compartment containing a caliper, the handle monogramed "LH," the silver apparently unmarked, missing ferrule. (3).
L: 36 in. (longest)