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A Fine and Rare Carved and Inlaid Whalebone and Sperm Whale Ivory Sailors Walking Stick / Cane ( England 1800 to 1900 )
Medium
Sperm whale ivory, whalebone, tortoiseshell and baleen
Dimensions:
95.00mm high
(3.74 inches)
Description / Expertise
A Fine and Rare Carved and Inlaid Whalebone and Sperm Whale Ivory Sailors Walking
Stick
Sperm whale ivory, whalebone, tortoiseshell and baleen
First half of 19th Century
Size: 95 cm long – 37½ ins long
Provenance
THIS ITEM IS NOW SOLD
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FINE EXAMPLES OF SAILORS WALKING CANES
Literature
Men aboard whaling ships were often at sea on voyages for as long as three to five years. All of them when not on watch or actually whaling would have time on their hands. Using the discarded sperm whale teeth, whalebone and panbone they made a variety of objects for gifts and for trade.
Panbone turned on a mariners simple lathe would produce a long tapering rod of whalebone which when mounted with a decorative handle carved from a sperm whale tooth formed a functional walking stick and a decorative marine work of art.
Condition
THIS ITEM IS NOW SOLD
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FINE EXAMPLES OF SAILORS WALKING CANES / STICKS IN WHALE-BONE / NARWHAL AND INLAY ETC.
Status
SOLD
