A JEWELLED SILVER-MOUNTED BOWENITE CANE HANDLE

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Property from the Vertical Art Collection, the proceeds to benefit the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the University of California San Francisco Thoracic Oncology Lung Cancer Program (Lots 239-250). This cane handle is one of twelve lots offered from the Vertical Art Collection, formed by an American private collector who chooses to remain anonymous. On November 30th a larger group of works from the same collection will be offered for sale at Christie's New York. These sales reveal but a glimpse of a collection that only became known more broadly in 2008 with the publication of Vertical Art: The Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks. The startling tableaux by photographer Umberto Barone depicts canes of semi-precious stones inset with diamonds within a dazzling panorama of canes of diverse periods, styles and materials.

A JEWELLED SILVER-MOUNTED BOWENITE CANE HANDLE

POSSIBLY BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

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A JEWELLED SILVER-MOUNTED BOWENITE CANE HANDLE
POSSIBLY BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
The tapering cylindrical bowenite handle applied with a band of rose-cut diamonds in the form of a knotted ribbon, set with two hardstone cabochons, the top centring a hardstone finial, above a diamond-set border, with a wood shaft, apparently unmarked
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high

Literature

Vertical Art: The Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks, Milan, 2008, illustrated p. 235, listed p. [487], no. 327.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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