FOUR ENGLISH SILVER-TOPPED AND ACCENTED CANES INCLUDING ONE INSCRIBED F HOPTON MUCH WENLOCK 1890

FOUR ENGLISH SILVER-TOPPED AND ACCENTED CANES INCLUDING ONE INSCRIBED F HOPTON MUCH WENLOCK 1890 the first, Birmingham with a crowned hunting horn and labeled Yorkshire 1923, marks rubbed, h: 33.5 in.; a simple cane with silver top, the top decorated with partial marks and maker's mark of JH, all on a scrolling foliate ground, h: 35 in.; a simple delicate wood cane with silver top bearing dedicatory inscription "F Hopton Much Wenlock 1890, London maker's mark of J.A.S, h: 35.5 in.; and the final, with a curved horn handle and two silver bands on wood stick, pointed end, the wider band monogrammed in script and dated Jan. 1930, the narrow band, London 1907 and maker's marks for NF over CE, the narrow silver band also with same marks and delicately chased, h: 36 in. (4)

Provenance: Merrywood, Virginia Estate