A FRENCH STERLING SILVER SALAMANDER CANE Marked for George de Feure, Paris circa 1900 The silvered bronze cook handled modeled as a realistic crouching salamander, signed DE FEURE, on a snakewood shaft with a metal ferrule. height overall 35in (88.9cm); height of handle 4 3/4in (12.1cm); width 3 1/2in (8.9cm) Footnotes: Provenance Collection of Catherine Dike; Gilbert Segas, Paris; Collection of Eddi Van Auken, California, purchased from the above June 2000. Literature Dike, Catherine and Guy Bezzaz. La Canne Objet d'Art. Les Editions de L'Amateur, Paris, 1988, page 304, illustration no. 14 and page 316, illustration no. 42; Maneker, Roberta. Vertical Art. Hudson Hills Press, Easthampton, Massachusetts, 2008, pages 14 and 15, number 4. (illustrated) Maneker, Roberta. Vertical Art. Hudson Hills Press, Easthampton, Massachusetts, 2008, page 248, number 352. (illustrated) Condition reports are not provided in catalog descriptions. The absence of a condition report does not guarantee that the lot is in good condition or free from damage and wear. We encourage you to request a condition report and/or additional photos prior to bidding on any lot. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing