A Fine Novelty Victorian Walking Stick with Parquetry Balloon Handle sub-Curios and occupied by a class

and occupied by a class of 'small tradesmen and artisan lodgers'

Used to promote traveling

though as a pair they still work together symmetrically

the salt bag made up of four main colours

Very rarely on the open market

A Fine Novelty Victorian Walking Stick with Parquetry Balloon Handle sub-Curios and occupied by a classOrigin: English Period: Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Length: 35 inches Handle Top Diameter: 2 inches The ebonised oak cane profusely carved with nulling, terminating in a steel collar and a fine and unusual balloon shaped parquetry chequered mahogany handle, with the original brass ferule also present. The handle is, in particular, wonderfully tactile and conjures up the magic of hot air balloon flight in Victorian times.