Lot Essay
For similar walking sticks, see Machmer, Just For Nice (Reading: HSBC, 1991) figs. 79, 81 and 83, p.31.
AMERICAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A CARVED AND PAINTED WALKING STICK
American, late 19th century
Formed as a tapering cylinder relief-carved with a twisting snake interspersed with figures including a star and moon, a standing man, a three-car train entering a tunnel, a fish, a turtle, a salamander, an owl, a hatches, a woman's leg, a smoking pipe, several dogs, a pig, a revolver, a leaping stag, an elephant, a heart, a rabbit, a bird, and various unidentifiable animals, the base incised with a house and sun
36¾in. length
American, late 19th century
Formed as a tapering cylinder relief-carved with a twisting snake interspersed with figures including a star and moon, a standing man, a three-car train entering a tunnel, a fish, a turtle, a salamander, an owl, a hatches, a woman's leg, a smoking pipe, several dogs, a pig, a revolver, a leaping stag, an elephant, a heart, a rabbit, a bird, and various unidentifiable animals, the base incised with a house and sun
36¾in. length