THORNTON COLLECTION: INSTRUMENTS & PARAPHERNALIA
Wednesday, 30 June - Tuesday, 6 July 2021
RARE WALKING CANE w MICROSCOPE INSET HIPPO TUSK HANDLE
Realised: $940 plus premium
Current Bid $940 (35 bids, reserve met)
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Lot Details
vintage malacca cane with brass finial incorporating a simple microscope; the handle formed from a hippopotamus's tusk tipped by a ball finial; bears collector's label indicating purchased by Jack Thornton in Köln Germany 2005; and further detailed as 'Anschutz-type'. Length 915mm.