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Lot 136
Sale 2158 - Age of Exploration: Travel & Discovery through the Centuries
Oct 14, 2020
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$1,125
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A group of three canes pertaining to writing Various dates late 19th/20th century
Comprising a Japanese brass-mounted silver and ebonized bamboo calligrapher's cane, the handle unscrewing to reveal ink brush, ink stick and stone, with brass ferrule; a gilt brass-mounted brass and bamboo systems walking stick, a lever releasing a jet cabachon-capped pencil from hammered brass handle; and a brass-mounted celluloid and malacca systems walking stick, the celluloid handle containing an inkwell and unscrewing to reveal a fountain pen, with faux horn ferrule. (3).
L: 36 in. (longest)