November 30, 2024
Victorian Snakewood Walking Stick / Cane Silver Collar Bovine Horn Crook Handle
Victorian Snakewood Walking Stick / Cane Silver Collar Bovine Horn Crook Handle. This Victorian snakewood walking stick has a bovine horn crook handle. It is furnished with a silver collar hallmarked. The words “silver” and “sterling silver” describe a product that contains 92.5% pure silver. There is a maker’s mark:’T. H’ For the silversmith:’Thomas Hayes. Tom Hayes started his business in 1881, and was later joined by Ridley Hayes until 1886. In 1890 he entered into partnership with James Key Holmes and Joseph Henry Key. This partnership was dissolved in 1905 and Hayes’s life appears to have gone into a downward spiral. Hayes found employment as a manager with another silversmith, but, to quote from John Culme’s Directory of Gold & Silversmiths. During 1910 he was found mutilated on the railway line near Gravelly Hill, Erdington. Then, having been taken to hospital for treatment he was almost immediately removed to Aston Police Station where, charged with attempted suicide, he died of his injuries in his cell during that night. The collar is engraved with the initials of the original owner:’HJM’? Snakewood shaft with an original metal ferrule. A well-crafted stick, suitable for use or a collector. Diameter of the handle – 12.3cm. Diameter of the shaft under the collar – 1.8cm. Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. Auctiva gets you noticed! Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. Com. Track Page Views With.