This walking stick has a porcelain ball handle, hand-painted in the French style. The top of the ball features a lady's head & shoulders on a cream background, while the lower part is painted pale powder blue with decorative scrolling painted in gold. There is a gold-plated wrist ring through the centre of the ball handle with an ornate repousse pattern. The stick is furnished with a repousse gold-plated collar below the handle, which has a vacant cartouche suitable for engraving. Below the collar, there is a zebra wood grip that ends in another yellow metal collar. There is a cane shaft ending in a metal ferrule. An attractive stick, suitable for use or a collector. Measurements: Length - 88cm (with ring folded down) Diameter of the ball handle - 3.0cm Diameter of the wrist ring - 8.3cm Diameter of the shaft below the top collar - 1.3cm Diameter of the shaft below the lower collar - 1.0cm Weight - 142g

Very good condition with some use marks consistent with age. Some varnish loss to shaft & rubbing to paint on handle.