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Lot 273
A COLLECTION OF WALKING STICKS
BY BEN COX, BRIGG, MERRY, SWAINE & ADENEY, LONDON, MID-19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Closed8 July 2010
Price Realised
GBP 5,000
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A COLLECTION OF WALKING STICKS
BY BEN COX, BRIGG, MERRY, SWAINE & ADENEY, LONDON, MID-19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a silver-mounted bamboo stick engraved 'C.R.S. from G.L.G. JUNE 1887', brass tip; a holly stick by Ben Cox, gilt-metal band engraved 'S' with earl's coronet, '5th' and '6th', metal tip; a silver-mounted malacca combined horse-measure and stick hallmarked 1917, with brass cantilever, lacking original handle and tip; a lady's long stick with gilt-metal band engraved 'Charlotte, Xmas 1866', brass tip; a silver-mounted cane stick hallmarked 1908 with silver whistle at apex of flat handle; a bamboo combined horse-measure and stick by Merry & Co., with white-metal band engraved 'Lord Suffield, Gunton Park', folding brass cantilever; a silver-mounted naturalistic stick dated 1890, handle engraved 'GIVEN TO ME BY UNCLE BEAUCHAMP, OCTOBER 1890, C.F.S.', brass tip; a silver-mounted ebonised cane dated 1884 with handle engraved 'C.R.S.', copper tip
The lady's stick: 49 in. (125 cm.) long (8)
BY BEN COX, BRIGG, MERRY, SWAINE & ADENEY, LONDON, MID-19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a silver-mounted bamboo stick engraved 'C.R.S. from G.L.G. JUNE 1887', brass tip; a holly stick by Ben Cox, gilt-metal band engraved 'S' with earl's coronet, '5th' and '6th', metal tip; a silver-mounted malacca combined horse-measure and stick hallmarked 1917, with brass cantilever, lacking original handle and tip; a lady's long stick with gilt-metal band engraved 'Charlotte, Xmas 1866', brass tip; a silver-mounted cane stick hallmarked 1908 with silver whistle at apex of flat handle; a bamboo combined horse-measure and stick by Merry & Co., with white-metal band engraved 'Lord Suffield, Gunton Park', folding brass cantilever; a silver-mounted naturalistic stick dated 1890, handle engraved 'GIVEN TO ME BY UNCLE BEAUCHAMP, OCTOBER 1890, C.F.S.', brass tip; a silver-mounted ebonised cane dated 1884 with handle engraved 'C.R.S.', copper tip
The lady's stick: 49 in. (125 cm.) long (8)
A COLLECTION OF WALKING STICKS
BY BEN COX, BRIGG, MERRY, SWAINE & ADENEY, LONDON, MID-19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a silver-mounted bamboo stick engraved 'C.R.S. from G.L.G. JUNE 1887', brass tip; a holly stick by Ben Cox, gilt-metal band engraved 'S' with earl's coronet, '5th' and '6th', metal tip; a silver-mounted malacca combined horse-measure and stick hallmarked 1917, with brass cantilever, lacking original handle and tip; a lady's long stick with gilt-metal band engraved 'Charlotte, Xmas 1866', brass tip; a silver-mounted cane stick hallmarked 1908 with silver whistle at apex of flat handle; a bamboo combined horse-measure and stick by Merry & Co., with white-metal band engraved 'Lord Suffield, Gunton Park', folding brass cantilever; a silver-mounted naturalistic stick dated 1890, handle engraved 'GIVEN TO ME BY UNCLE BEAUCHAMP, OCTOBER 1890, C.F.S.', brass tip; a silver-mounted ebonised cane dated 1884 with handle engraved 'C.R.S.', copper tip
The lady's stick: 49 in. (125 cm.) long (8)
BY BEN COX, BRIGG, MERRY, SWAINE & ADENEY, LONDON, MID-19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a silver-mounted bamboo stick engraved 'C.R.S. from G.L.G. JUNE 1887', brass tip; a holly stick by Ben Cox, gilt-metal band engraved 'S' with earl's coronet, '5th' and '6th', metal tip; a silver-mounted malacca combined horse-measure and stick hallmarked 1917, with brass cantilever, lacking original handle and tip; a lady's long stick with gilt-metal band engraved 'Charlotte, Xmas 1866', brass tip; a silver-mounted cane stick hallmarked 1908 with silver whistle at apex of flat handle; a bamboo combined horse-measure and stick by Merry & Co., with white-metal band engraved 'Lord Suffield, Gunton Park', folding brass cantilever; a silver-mounted naturalistic stick dated 1890, handle engraved 'GIVEN TO ME BY UNCLE BEAUCHAMP, OCTOBER 1890, C.F.S.', brass tip; a silver-mounted ebonised cane dated 1884 with handle engraved 'C.R.S.', copper tip
The lady's stick: 49 in. (125 cm.) long (8)
In the order in which they are listed:
Given to Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922) by Sir George Leveson-Gower for his wedding in 1887.
John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) and by descent to his brother Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922).
Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975).
Charlotte, Countess Spencer (1835-1903) wife of 5th Earl Spencer.
Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield (1830-1914) friend of John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910).
Colonel Charles Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, by whom given to his brother Frederick Beauchamp Seymour, Lord Alcester, after his death at the battle of Inkermann in 1855, by whom given to their nephew Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922) in 1890.
Given to Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922) by Sir George Leveson-Gower for his wedding in 1887.
John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) and by descent to his brother Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922).
Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975).
Charlotte, Countess Spencer (1835-1903) wife of 5th Earl Spencer.
Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield (1830-1914) friend of John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910).
Colonel Charles Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, by whom given to his brother Frederick Beauchamp Seymour, Lord Alcester, after his death at the battle of Inkermann in 1855, by whom given to their nephew Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922) in 1890.
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Inventory of Walking Sticks and Riding Crops at Althorp, 1940
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