A Charming Novelty Victorian Walking Stick in The Form of a Monkey's Head

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A Charming Novelty Victorian Walking Stick in The Form of a Monkey's HeadOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Length: 27. 5 inches The walnut cane with a beautiful aged patina, terminating in a small turned collar and a finely carved monkeys head with bellboy hat. Condition is largely fine; the carving remains in tact and the shaft is in good order though there is no ferrule and both the monkeys glass eyes are missing. This example is rather short, perhaps once belonging to a

imbuing the portrait with a simplicity and elegance

The detail is splendid

This would be one of Bryce’s last works

though this and the whole both remain in original condition

Dartmouth Pottery began in 1948

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the original plate glass has some minor foxing

During this era many small family based companies of automata makers thrived in Paris and from their workshops they exported thousands of clockwork automata and mechanical singing birds around the world

We'll leave it to your imagination…

once belonging to the extinct Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus Primigenius)

these rugs are famed for their hardwearing and durable qualities

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