Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

64 147 A Chinese silver-mounted ebonised walking stick, late 19th/early 20th century the handle moulded in relief with dragons and four-character rondels, brass ferrule, length 90cm ; and a Burmese silver and malacca example, late 19th century, the handle moulded in relief with deities and birds, brass ferrule, length 89,5cm (2) R –  148 A brass-mounted rosewood carpenter’s walking stick, 19th century the screw-top handle set with twelve miniature tools, brass-turned cap, horn ferrule, length 91cm R –  149 A brass-mounted mahogany walking stick, mid 19th century and later the handle fitted with a naval compass enclosing a detachable telescope signed T Harris & Son, London, with later brass-mounted hardwood shaft, ebonised ferrule, length 90,5cm R –  150 A Victorian ivory and walnut walking stick the handle carved with the head of a dog with glass eyes, moulded brass collar and ferrule, length 85,5cm ; and an ebonised walking stick, the silver- plate handle modelled as a pointer, brass ferrule, length 92cm (2) R –  151 A Victorian ivory and silver- mounted malacca walking stick, Ebenezer Newman & Co, London, 1891 the fluted handle with silver buckle collar engraved with foliage and initials, metal ferrule, ivory repaired, length 89cm ; and a late Victorian silver-mounted malacca wallking stick, Birmingham, 1899, moulded with figural masks and foliage, with sleeve and metal ferrule, length 87cm (2) R –  152 A gilt-metal mounted ebonised walking stick, late 19th century the top inscribed ‘WKR from his nephew TKR’embossed with foliage, later metal ferrule, length 89cm ; and an Edwardian silver-mounted and porcelain ebonised walking stick, maker’s initials J&W, Birmingham, 1901, painted with a courting couple against a pink ground, horn ferrule, length 91cm (2) R –  147 148 149 150 151