folk art demountable cane with man's head handle

Ref : 10509

An early folk art cane handle modelled as the head of a man wearing a cloth hat, with inset sulphur glass eyes - the handle is mounted onto a thornwood shaft, which unusually has a brass joint in the middle section, painted to match the shaft, that enables the cane to demount by unscrewing into two sections

Date circa: 1860

Country: English

~ length of handle 6.5cm / 2.5in, overall length 84cm / 32.8in


price: £440.00 / $592.94

Ref : 10509


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