A Silver Handled & Peacock Wood Novelty Walking Stick, Hallmarked for 1888; Henry Howell & Co (Jonathan Howell), London sub-Curios Very rarely on the open

Very rarely on the open market

usually in two narrow pieces joined

wonderfully suggestive

This could be rectified with careful pressure to one side of the metal if so desired

Before shakers

A Silver Handled & Peacock Wood Novelty Walking Stick, Hallmarked for 1888; Henry Howell & Co (Jonathan Howell), London sub-Curios Very rarely on the openOrigin: English Period: Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1888 Length: 34. 5 inches The fine peacock wood cane terminating in a hallmarked silver handle fashioned as armadillo armour, monogrammed to the collar with the initials JW. Condition is largely fine; there is no ferrule present and some pitting to the silver but nothing to cause alarm. Hallmarked for 1888, the initials J. H stamped within a lozenge, Henry Howell & Co (later