Walking stick - Wood, Bone

Classic and elegant walking cane, oriented horizontally on a brown background that highlights its details. The handle (Manico) features a slightly curved (L-shaped) form, Milord or parasol style. Made from a fine ivory/bone-colored material, finely worked. Compact bovine bone (bovine) – the most probable hypothesis. Epoche canes of this range were commonly made using the long bones of bovine legs (the shank or tibia). The central part of these bones (called cortical or compact bone) has very thick, dense walls with no internal cavities, providing enough solid material to be carved and shaped without breaking. Visual details: Do you notice those extremely fine dark lines, almost invisible, and the micro longitudinal fissures that follow the curvature of the handle? They are the old vascular channels (Haversian canals) typical of bovine bone, which over decades have absorbed dust and skin oxidation, turning dark. At the upper end there is a small carved detail. Just below the handle, around the cane’s collar, there is a wrist strap made of braided white or ivory-colored cord, ending with a frayed tassel. It was used to prevent the cane from slipping during use. The shaft (Asta) is made of smooth, polished solid wood. The color is a warm brown with reddish hues (typical of precious woods like malacca, mahogany or grenadilla). The ferrule: it narrows slightly and ends with a protective ferrule (collar), useful for protecting the wood from contact with the ground. The object has the appearance of an antique or collectible cane, presumably dating to the late 19th century or the first half of the 20th century (up to the 1920s/1930s). It is most probably European manufacture (France, England or Germany among the main production centers of this type of luxury item), but above all the United Kingdom. Measure: 78 cm long.