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BY BEN COX, BRIGG AND OTHERS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A COLLECTION OF SEVEN CROOK-HANDLED WALKING STICKS
BY BEN COX, BRIGG AND OTHERS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a bamboo stick with white-metal band engraved 'A from H.R.H.', brass tip; a cane stick by Ben Cox with gilt-metal band engraved 'A' with viscount's coronet, brass tip; a holly stick by Ben Cox with gilt-metal band engraved 'S' with earl's coronet, brass tip; a leather-cased bamboo stick by Brigg with gilt-metal band engraved 'A' with viscount's coronet, brass tip; a plain stick with gold 'S' and earl's coronet mounts, brass tip; a leather-cased bamboo stick by Brigg with gilt-metal band engraved 'A' with viscount's coronet and '1ST LIFE GUARDS', brass tip; a bamboo combined horse-measure and stick with naturalistic finial and handle and white-metal thumb piece, boxwood horse-measure and brass cantilever, brass tip engraved 'GIVEN BY 5TH EARL SPENCER TO GEORGE DUNKLEY HIS COACHMAN WHO GAVE IT TO 7TH EARL SPENCER 1942'
40 in. (102 cm.) long, and slightly smaller (7)
BY BEN COX, BRIGG AND OTHERS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a bamboo stick with white-metal band engraved 'A from H.R.H.', brass tip; a cane stick by Ben Cox with gilt-metal band engraved 'A' with viscount's coronet, brass tip; a holly stick by Ben Cox with gilt-metal band engraved 'S' with earl's coronet, brass tip; a leather-cased bamboo stick by Brigg with gilt-metal band engraved 'A' with viscount's coronet, brass tip; a plain stick with gold 'S' and earl's coronet mounts, brass tip; a leather-cased bamboo stick by Brigg with gilt-metal band engraved 'A' with viscount's coronet and '1ST LIFE GUARDS', brass tip; a bamboo combined horse-measure and stick with naturalistic finial and handle and white-metal thumb piece, boxwood horse-measure and brass cantilever, brass tip engraved 'GIVEN BY 5TH EARL SPENCER TO GEORGE DUNKLEY HIS COACHMAN WHO GAVE IT TO 7TH EARL SPENCER 1942'
40 in. (102 cm.) long, and slightly smaller (7)
Provenance
In the order in which they are listed:
Given to John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) by Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841-1910), according to the engraved inscription.
Given to Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) by the Hon. Mrs. John Talbot on his 21st birthday, 23 May 1913.
Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922).
Given to Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) by Captain & Lady Clarke in 1918.
Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922).
Given to Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) by Miss Doods Naylor on his 21st birthday, 23 May 1913.
John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910), by whom given to his head coachman, George Dunkley (b. 1857), by whom given to Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) in 1942.
Given to John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) by Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841-1910), according to the engraved inscription.
Given to Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) by the Hon. Mrs. John Talbot on his 21st birthday, 23 May 1913.
Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922).
Given to Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) by Captain & Lady Clarke in 1918.
Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922).
Given to Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) by Miss Doods Naylor on his 21st birthday, 23 May 1913.
John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910), by whom given to his head coachman, George Dunkley (b. 1857), by whom given to Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) in 1942.
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Inventory of Walking Sticks and Riding Crops at Althorp, 1940
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