A Silver Handled & Peacock Wood Novelty Walking Stick, Hallmarked for 1888; Henry Howell & Co (Jonathan Howell), London sub-Curios This could be rectified with

This could be rectified with careful pressure to one side of the metal if so desired

they can inflate themselves with water or air and balloon up to three times their normal size

By Master Hubbard 4 ¼" x 3" found in a book which belonged to Ruth Richardson of Boston 1803

usually in two narrow pieces joined

wonderfully suggestive

A Silver Handled & Peacock Wood Novelty Walking Stick, Hallmarked for 1888; Henry Howell & Co (Jonathan Howell), London sub-Curios This could be rectified withOrigin: English Period: Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1888 Length: 34. 5 inches The fine peacock wood cane terminating in a hallmarked silver handle fashioned as armadillo armour, monogrammed to the collar with the initials JW. Condition is largely fine; there is no ferrule present and some pitting to the silver but nothing to cause alarm. Hallmarked for 1888, the initials J. H stamped within a lozenge, Henry Howell & Co (later