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Lot 140
Sale 2158 - Age of Exploration: Travel & Discovery through the Centuries
Oct 14, 2020
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A group of three canes pertaining to games and leisure Various dates late 19th/20th century
Comprising a brass-mounted porcelain and hardwood checkers walking stick, the faux marble glazed porcelain handle unscrewing to reveal a checkers set comprising a gilt and lacquered rolled cane chess board with red and black agate pieces fitted onto a brass stick with turned wood finials; a silver-mounted ebony-inlaid bone and hardwood walking stick, the silver apparently unmarked; and a brass and maple pool cue walking stick, the handle unscrewing to reveal compartment storing pool cue tip, which screws on to end of walking stick when enlarged brass ferrule is unscrewed. (3).
L: 36 1/2 in. (longest)