A Fine Novelty Victorian Walking Stick with Parquetry Balloon Handle sub-Curios Once upon a time it

Once upon a time it was even home to "a surprising large fish

Used to promote traveling

5 inches diameter (restraining end)

others were finely painted with mythological or figural subjects

but not always

A Fine Novelty Victorian Walking Stick with Parquetry Balloon Handle sub-Curios Once upon a time itOrigin: 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.