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515. A pair of Edwardian warthog tusk and silver mounted walking canes, the mounts hallmarked for Army & Navy C. S. L., London 1908, with hazel shafts and brass terminals, 86.8cm long. (2) £500-700
516. An Edwardian palmwood swagger stick, with an ivory handle carved as a bulldog’s head, with glass eyes, the embossed silver ferrule hallmarked London 1908, together with another swagger stick with an ebonised shaft and an ivory handle, the silver ferrule hallmarked London 1905, 75.7cm long. (2) £100-150 Provenance: From the collection of Thomas James Reeves (1849-1909) and thence by descent.
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518. Taxidermy. A zebra skin rug, on a felt backing, 282 x 192cm. £300-400 519. Taxidermy. A Victorian preserved yellow hammer by James Gardner, mounted in a naturalistic setting, with a printed trade label, inscribed ‘J.GARDNER, Naturalist to the Royal Family, 426, Oxford St., London.’, in a domed glazed case with a gilt line, together with a bullfinch by the same maker, 23.3cm diameter. (2) £100-200
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