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Breech Loading Gun Cane
Breech Loading Gun Cane
Breech Loading Gun Cane
Breech Loading Gun Cane
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Breech Loading Gun Cane

  • This elegant walking stick is a practical and deadly accessory
  • The cane features a walnut handle that becomes the handle of a .410 breech-loading gun
  • Circa 1880
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$2,450
Item No. 31-9954

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Breech Loading Gun Cane
Circa 1880

This elegant walking stick is a practical and deadly accessory. The cane features a walnut handle that, when pulled, becomes the handle of a .410 breech-loading gun. A push-button firing mechanism on the cane's handle completes this lethal walking stick. This walking stick was originally in the collection of Catherine Dike, perhaps the most significant cane collector and author of Cane Curiosa: From Gun to Gadget, the definitive. . .
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Breech Loading Gun Cane
Circa 1880

This elegant walking stick is a practical and deadly accessory. The cane features a walnut handle that, when pulled, becomes the handle of a .410 breech-loading gun. A push-button firing mechanism on the cane's handle completes this lethal walking stick. This walking stick was originally in the collection of Catherine Dike, perhaps the most significant cane collector and author of Cane Curiosa: From Gun to Gadget, the definitive guide to antique canes.

31 1/2” length

Provenance:
The collection of Catherine Dike, Virginia
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
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Breech Loading Gun Cane
Period: 19th Century
Type: Weapon Canes
Depth: 1.0 in. (2.54 cm)
Width: 3.25 in. (8.26 cm)
Height: 31.5 in. (80.01 cm)
Breech Loading Gun Cane
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