TRAIN CANE

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

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Description

Carved and painted ash wood
2 1/4 by 2 1/2 by 38 in.

The entire length of this extraordinarily rare cane includes a black engine with coal car followed by six red and black Pullman cars in descending size. There is a slight S-curvature to the body of the cane.

Provenance

Barbara Johnson Collection, Princeton, New Jersey;
Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York;
David Wheatcroft Antiques, Westborough, Massachusetts