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Canes and walking sticks were used by every well-dressed man in the nineteenth century, but by World War I the style had changed. Political canes were popular until the campaign of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He used a wheelchair but did not want it known, so his campaign avoided canes. Today canes are used by few but the infirm. Collectors prize old canes made with special features, like hidden swords, whiskey flasks, or risqué pictures seen through peepholes. Examples with solid gold heads or made from exotic materials are among the higher-priced canes. See also Scrimshaw.
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| Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | Canes | Walking Stick | Hermit In Mountain Landscape, Bamboo Carved, Japan, 35 3/4 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Horse Head, Silver, Glass Eyes, Ebony Shaft, 34 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Indian Heads, Flowers, Animals, Eagle, Carved, 38 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Ivory Knob, Silver Inlaid | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Ivory, Lion Mask, Paw Handle, Ivory, 37 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Ivory, Whale, Mother-of-pearl, Whalebone Shaft, 19th Century | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Martyred Saint, Carved Ivory Handle, Coconut Shaft, 36 1/2 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Portrait Of Gentleman Handle, Carved, 36 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Presented To Jefferson Davis, C.1880, 34 1/2 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Rosewood, Ivory Finial, Rats, Owl, Japan, 19th Century, 37 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Six Horse Heads, Rosewood Shaft, Ivory Handle, Carved, 35 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Snake Head, Handle, Hand Carved | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Spherical Marble Handle, Silver Ferrule, Ebony Shaft, 37 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Stag Horn Handle, Grotesque Head, Chestnut Shaft, 37 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Totem, Tiki Face, Allegorical Crocodile & Head, Maori, 32 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Whalebone, Carved, Ivory Handle, Initialed A.g., 33 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Whalebone, Carved, Whale Tooth Handle, 19th Century, 30 1/2 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Whalebone, Flat Top Knob, Hardwood Extender, 19th Century | 1995 | | Canes | Walking Stick | Whalebone, Turned & Incised Knop, 38 1/2 In. | 1995 | | Canes | Ivory & Whalebone | Carved Bent Index Finger On Baleen Spacer, 19th Century | 1995 | | Canes | Schoolmaster's | Alphabet & Numbers Down Length | 1995 |
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