29. Silver and Bone Vesta Cane -Ca. 1880 -Vertical handle fashioned of a longer and stretching bone body carved in the shape

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March Antique Cane Auction

By Kimball Sterling

Mar 1, 2017 - Mar 18, 2017

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  29. Silver and Bone Vesta Cane -Ca. 1880 -Vertical handle fashioned of a longer and stretching bone body carved in the shape of a right hand holding a horse leg topped by a silver horse hoof, rosewood shaft and a stag horn ferrule. The bone body is knobby and embellished with dark, dot horn inlay, while the hinged silver hoof is profusely engraved with scrolls and flips open to show a deep contained-cavity for the matches. This cane radiates that Victorian flair every collector’s soul loves and is a wonderful example of useful, dual purpose canes. -There is no smoke without fire and various ignition devices were adapted to canes. At first, tinder and flint were used. After matches were invented in the 1830s, these proved safer to carry in a cane than in a pocket, as they ignited easily. Between 1850 and World War I, match safes, called vesta boxes in England, were produced in an extraordinary variety of shapes and materials. Vesta cane handles became fashionable match safes until the gas lighter appeared in the 1920s. -Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth is noun chiefly historical a short wooden or wax match. There is not much known of Vesta’s origin, except that she was at first only worshipped in Roman homes, a personal cult. Her cult eventually evolved to a state cult. -H. 4 ½” x 1 ¼”, O.L. 37” -$600-$900
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