FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY

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SIR WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965)
A MALACCA WALKING CANE
FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY
With horn knop and tip, the knop inlaid with studs, the collar with French assay marks
32 in. (82.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Sir Winston Spencer Churchill.
Countess Clary gave this to the previous vendor in 1953.
Christie's, South Kensington, 13 May 1994, lot 92.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This walking stick was given by Churchill to the Countess Clary when he was visiting a Paris hospital after the Second World War. She was at the hospital to have a leg amputated, hence Churchill's reason for giving her his stick. In 1953 the Countess gave it to her friend, the previous vendor, whilst staying with her in Rome.

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