Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2509Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 15, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Turned Ivory, Bone, and Baleen Walking Stick, late 19th century, probably sailor-made, with turned ivory knob on shaft with sections of bone with spiral turnings, a brass band joining the lower shaft made of baleen, the upper shaft with two braided copper wire rings and spiraling strip of baleen, (minor losses),ht. 38 1/8 in.
Estimate $500-700
small losses of baleen on the spiral strip on upper shaft,