seated automaton full pug dog
Ref : 16602
A good example of an automaton cane - the handle modelled and carved as a full, seated pug dog, with a typical push button mechanism, which when depressed moves the lower jaw of the dog, and further wags his tail! - the handle fitted with an embossed silver collar onto a stepped brown bamboo shaft
Date circa: 1890
Country: English
~ length of handle 12cm / 4.7in, overall length 90.5cm / 35.3in.
price: £2500.00 / $3368.95
Ref : 16602
Book reference:
see Ulrich Klever, 'Walkingsticks' (1996) for a similar example.
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