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A GROUP OF FOURTEEN NOVELTY GADGET WALKING STICKS AND CANES
19TH CENTURY
A GROUP OF FOURTEEN NOVELTY GADGET WALKING STICKS AND CANES 19TH CENTURY Including: an ebonised cane with horn knop unscrewing to a glass phial and two thimbles; a silver and ivory mounted cane with three dice and viewing aperture; a brass mounted stick, the grip modelled as a kaleidoscope; a cane with a compass to the knop; a cane with a watch to the knop; an ivory knop cane unscrewing to a weighing scale; a Chinese ivory knop cane unscrewing to two chop sticks; an aluminium walking stick converting to a tripod and six other examples 38¾ in. (98.5 cm.) long (14)