A walking stick was an integral part of every well dressed man's wardrobe in the nineteenth century, and his collection of walking-sticks were probably kept just inside the hall in a stand, sharing space with umbrellas.

Walking-sticks and canes derive from the cudgels and staves carried for defence, evolving into dress accessories topped with silver or ivory, with a ferrule at the point to cut down wear. Many had elaborately carved heads. Sometimes these unscrewed to reveal space for a snuff box or other article. About 200 ancillary accessories are known to have been incorporated into walking more...

Canes

From around 1550 to 1930, canes were a dressing accessory without which a lady or gentleman, properly dressed, would never leave the house. However their use went out of fashion after this, leaving the market to collectors.

For a collector, the main interest lies in the handle, which could be made of wood, bamboo, ebony, ivory, tusk, animal horn, or bone. Sometimes they were made out of porcelain, Bakelite, gold, silver, or glass; enameled or cloisonnéd; or sprinkled with precious gemstones. The height of good taste was a gold handle with minmal decoration, as silver handles were despised by more...

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Rare Oriental walking stick with carved horn dragon head handle…

Oriental Dragon Walking Stick with Gemstones

Rare Oriental walking stick with carved horn dragon head handle with bone and gemstone inserts

Silver mounted walking stick, with antler handle and ebonised…

Silver and Antler Walking Stick

Silver mounted walking stick, with antler handle and ebonised tapering handle, length 97 cm

Walking stick, with gilt silver and horn handle, length 98 cm

Gilt Silver and Horn Walking Stick

Walking stick, with gilt silver and horn handle, length 98 cm

A walking stick with carved antler handle in the form of a…

Dragon Antler Walking Stick

A walking stick with carved antler handle in the form of a dragon, fiddleback blackwood shaft, 20th century, 97 cm long

A pizzle walking stick with horn handle, 19th century, 91 cm…

Horn-handled 19th-century pizzle walking stick

A pizzle walking stick with horn handle, 19th century, 91 cm length

A whalebone cane, the shaft with metal ferrule the top with…

Whalebone cane with marine ivory and horn discs

A whalebone cane, the shaft with metal ferrule the top with four marine ivory discs and five horn discs, a small silver plate cartouche with dog to the front, handle absent. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection. Length 83 cm

A silver mounted cane walking stick with horn handle, Colonial,…

Colonial Horn Handle Walking Stick with Silver Mounts

A silver mounted cane walking stick with horn handle, Colonial, 19th century. 95 cm long

An unusual ebonised malacca walking stick with albatross head…

Ebonised Malacca Walking Stick with Albatross Head

An unusual ebonised malacca walking stick with albatross head in horn and ivory with cut metal eyes, early 19th century, 86 cm

Walking stick made from shark cartilage, horn, iron and wood,…

Convict Thrashing Stick Replica

Walking stick made from shark cartilage, horn, iron and wood, identical to one in the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, said to be used to thrash convicts

Horn handled walking stick with sterling band engraved George…

Sterling Banded Horn Walking Stick by George Adams Tattersalls

Horn handled walking stick with sterling band engraved George Adams Tattersalls

Antique horn walking cane (length 92 cm

Antique Horn Walking Cane (92cm)

Antique horn walking cane (length 92 cm

An old horn walking cane, cylindrical sections made to simulate…

Bamboo-style Dog Head Walking Cane

An old horn walking cane, cylindrical sections made to simulate bamboo, threaded on a steel rod, the handle of a stylised dog's head, metal ferrule. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection. Length 84 cm

A 19th century walking cane, the ivory handle decorated with a…

Ivory handle walking cane with lyre decoration

A 19th century walking cane, the ivory handle decorated with a lyre with vine entwined to the base, horn ferrule, height 81.5 cm

A vintage walking stick, the shaft comprising of shark…

Shark Vertebrae Walking Stick with Horse Head Handle

A vintage walking stick, the shaft comprising of shark vertebrae, the silver plate handle in the form of a horse?s head, horn and brass ferrell to base. Length 35 cm

Walking Sticks: Group of 5 vintage & antique walking sticks,…

Vintage Ebony and Horn Walking Sticks Set

Walking Sticks: Group of 5 vintage & antique walking sticks, mainly ebony & horn.

An unusual sectional horn and whale-bone walking cane, Colonial,…

Colonial Walking Cane with Horn and Whale-bone

An unusual sectional horn and whale-bone walking cane, Colonial, 19th century. 91 cm long

A c1900 horn handled walking stick, the Malacca cane tapered…

Horn Handled Malacca Walking Stick

A c1900 horn handled walking stick, the Malacca cane tapered shaft with engraved silver plate ferrule and tapered curved fibrous horn handle. Length 85.5 cm.

Antique Malacca & carved horn walking stick with a foot shaped…

Malacca Walking Stick with Carved Horn Foot Handle

Antique Malacca & carved horn walking stick with a foot shaped handle, 89.5 cm long

A large and impressive ebony and silver handled Indian…

Indian Presentation Walking Stick with Ebony and Silver Handle

A large and impressive ebony and silver handled Indian presentation walking stick, the tapered handle with repousse traditional figures within scrolling cartouches, presentation inscribed 'Col. Eliott' (Colonel Eliott), the long wide tapered shaft of good…

A vintage walking stick, the bamboo shaft terminating in a…

Bamboo Parrot Walking Stick with Silver Embellishment

A vintage walking stick, the bamboo shaft terminating in a carved head of a parrot with silver feather embellishment, glass eyes and horn beak, brass ferrule.

An antler handled mahogany walking stick, the shaft terminating…

Antler-handled Walking Stick with Orpheus Engraving

An antler handled mahogany walking stick, the shaft terminating in an antler handle carved in the form of a long beaked creature, a silver collar engraved 'ORPHEUS, 7.2.1863'. Length 91 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.

A shepherds crook walking cane, horn ivory and baleen with…

19th Century Horn and Ivory Shepherd's Crook Walking Cane

A shepherds crook walking cane, horn ivory and baleen with brass ferrule, 19th century, 84 cm high

A shepherd's crook, carved horn thistle handle with blackthorn…

Scottish Shepherd's Crook, 1830

A shepherd's crook, carved horn thistle handle with blackthorn shaft, Scottish, circa 1830, 132 cm long

A walking stick with fiddleback timber shaft, silver collar and…

Fiddleback Timber Walking Stick with Carved Antler Handle

A walking stick with fiddleback timber shaft, silver collar and carved antler American Indian handle, early 20th century, 86 cm high

Two Swiss 19th century walking sticks, both with horn handles,…

Swiss Horn Handled Walking Sticks with Snuff Compartment

Two Swiss 19th century walking sticks, both with horn handles, one with snuff compartment, marks Pilats, Kulm and Montreux, each approx 91 cm long (2)

A whalebone cane with horn handle and silver collar, 19th…

19th Century Whalebone Cane with Horn Handle and Silver Collar

A whalebone cane with horn handle and silver collar, 19th century, 87 cm long

A solid horn walking stick. 87 cm long.

Solid Horn Walking Stick - 87 cm Long

A solid horn walking stick. 87 cm long.

A 19th century walking stick, the handle in the form of a bird…

A 19th century walking stick, the handle in the form of a bird head made from small steel balls with plaited steel collar, the beak carved in horn, glass eyes, the shaft of an exotic hardwood with slight zebra graining, length 90 cm.

An antique walking stick, horn handle with looking glass,…

19th Century Antique Walking Stick with Horn Handle and Mirror

An antique walking stick, horn handle with looking glass, silver collar, ebony shaft and brass ferrule, 19th century, 90 cm high

A whalebone cane with horn handle and silver collar, 19th…

19th Century Whalebone Cane with Silver Collar

A whalebone cane with horn handle and silver collar, 19th century, 90 cm long

A shark vertebrae and horn walking stick, 19th century, 88 cm

Shark Vertebrae and Horn Walking Stick, 19th Century

A shark vertebrae and horn walking stick, 19th century, 88 cm

A walking stick, whalebone and horn with whale tooth top, early…

Whalebone and Horn Walking Stick

A walking stick, whalebone and horn with whale tooth top, early to mid 19th century, 85 cm

A group of four Australian walking sticks including rare…

Australian Walking Sticks Collection

A group of four Australian walking sticks including rare Tasmanian specimens wood stick, a folk art possibly Aboriginal stockman cedar stick with carved snake engraved William Fisher and two fiddleback blackwood sticks, one with antler handle, longest 103…

Walking stick sword an Edwardian walking stick with horn handle,…

Edwardian Walking Stick Sword with Silver Fittings

Walking stick sword an Edwardian walking stick with horn handle, wooden shaft and concealed short sword with makers marks on the blade unidentifiable. Complete with silver fittings. Length 89 cm

Walking stick sword a very fine example of a mid-Victorian,…

Victorian Walking Stick Sword with Horn Handle and Silver Accents

Walking stick sword a very fine example of a mid-Victorian, style walking stick with hidden sword blade, polished horn handle, silver finial, cap and embellishments. Makers marks unidentifiable due to wear.

Good walking stick, with a marine ivory and horn handle, with…

Marine Ivory and Horn Walking Stick with Silver Mounts

Good walking stick, with a marine ivory and horn handle, with sterling silver mounts, above a carved and spiraled handle, length 97 cm

Bamboo walking stick sword likely 18th century, having an ivory…

18th Century Bamboo Walking Stick Sword with Ivory Handle

Bamboo walking stick sword likely 18th century, having an ivory handle carved in the form of a man's head with floppy cap and fitted with a horn collar. Having un- marked silver and brass finials. Blade not marked. Length 92.5 cm.

An antique walking stick, carved horn chain link handle with…

19th Century Carved Horn Walking Stick with Silver Collar

An antique walking stick, carved horn chain link handle with silver finished collar and brass ferrule, 19th century, 89 cm high

A whalebone walking stick with carved whale's tooth fist handle…

Whalebone Walking Stick with Carved Tooth Handle

A whalebone walking stick with carved whale's tooth fist handle with casuarina, cedar, baleen and horn spacers, 19th century, 88 cm long

A whalebone walking stick with whale's tooth handle and horn…

Whalebone Walking Stick with Tooth Handle

A whalebone walking stick with whale's tooth handle and horn collar, 19th century, 94 cm

A good 19th century whalebone walking stick, the plain tapered…

19th Century Whalebone Walking Stick with Sperm Whale Tooth Handle

A good 19th century whalebone walking stick, the plain tapered shaft with bands of horn below the tapered octagonal sperm whale's tooth handle, length 91.5 cm

A superb whalebone walking stick, early 19th century carved…

Whalebone Walking Stick with Inlaid Shell and Horn

A superb whalebone walking stick, early 19th century carved from a single piece of bone, inlaid with tortoise shell, mother of pearl, baleen and horn very impressive weight and handsome proportions 97 cm long

A Chinese walking stick with ornately carved jade handle,…

Ornate Chinese Walking Stick with Jade Handle and Tiger Wood Shaft

A Chinese walking stick with ornately carved jade handle, silver collar, Chinese tiger wood shaft and horn ferrule, 19th century, 97 cm high

A superb late 19th century African rhinoceros horn walking…

Late 19th Century African Rhino Horn Walking Stick

A superb late 19th century African rhinoceros horn walking stick of knobkerrie form. The long tapered shaft of rich honey brown patina and brass ferrule. Weight 328g. The horn comes with a witnessed affidavit stating the family provenance of the horn.…