This cane or walking stick has a leather wrapped grip that can be unscrewed and pulled out to become a telescope gadget. The cane is capped in silver with a silver handle. The body is ebonized Malacca. The ferrule is silver.

Weight (Lbs): 0.5
Height (In.): 33.25"
Width (In.): 1.25"
Depth (In.): 1.25"
Size: 430.5 x 4.0 x 4.0"
Maker: Unknown
Material: Melacca, Silver, Steel
Date: C. 1875
Provenance:
Condition: Chipping to the glass of the telescope lens. Tarnish to the silver.
History: Canes were a popular accessory to the fashion minded far more than as an actual ambulatory aid during the 18th and 19th Centuries, dying out as a stable by the early 20th Century. Interestingly, the size of the ferrule, the metal cap on the base of a cane, is a fairly accurate measure of dating the cane, as by the 18th century, it began to shorten with the advent of maintained road systems and paved paths.