Sale 10647
London, South Kensington
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20 May 2015
Price realised
GBP 1,250
Estimate
A TOLEDO DAMASCENED STEEL HANDLED WALKING STICK CIRCA 1880 Decorated with dragons and foliage with an ebony shaft 25 ½ in. (90 cm.) long An Austrian silver dog's head handled stick with an enamel band and an '800' Standard mark, a horn handled stick carved with the bust of a man and a horn handled crook with a carved wood spiral shaft
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