Live Auction 2435500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, including Oriental Carpets
A ROYAL PRESENTATION IVORY, BOXWOOD AND STRAW MARQUETRY CANE
Lot 49

A ROYAL PRESENTATION IVORY, BOXWOOD AND STRAW MARQUETRY CANE

MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed15 April 2011

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A ROYAL PRESENTATION IVORY, BOXWOOD AND STRAW MARQUETRY CANE
MID-19TH CENTURY
The knob with heraldric devices above a straw marquetry shaft with fleur-de-lys and strapwork, the velvet-lined presentation case with a lid inscribed A.S.M. EL REI S. DON FRANCISCO DE ASIS MARIA DE BORBON
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) long, the cane

Specialist note

By repute, this cane was a gift from King Louis Phillippe of France to Don Francisco de Asis de Borbon, Duke of Cadiz, upon his marriage to Queen Isabella of Spain on 10 October 1846.