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THBFigural Hard Stone Dachshund " Shirley"Cane
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125 West Market Street
Johnson City, TN 37604
United States
Family-owned and family-run Johnson City Tennessee auction business for 25 years. Selling antiques and collectables for 38 years. Kimball M. Sterling, Inc. was founded and is owned by Kimball and Victoria Sterling, time and again, they have laid solid claim to world-wide attention and renown with an...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJan 3, 2026
Masterpiece Cane auction is all from a Europeon collection. We offer items from this private collection about once a year, Kimball Sterling kimballsterling@earthlink.net
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- Lot Description
Ca. 1900
Fashioned of a large and richly colored amethyst quartz stone, the handle is wheel cut to depict a seated Dachshund named Shirley on a plain, oval Milord knob-like integral base.
The posture of the eye-catching canine proudly carrying himself on short front legs
is typical for the breed. It exposes the hound's prominent sternum, while its elongated head, with an intelligent and friendly expression, has a slightly convex skull, arched eyebrows, and a stretched muzzle flanked by a pair of long, hanging ears.
Tiny dark red garnet inlays in the eyes, as well as a curving tail carried in line with the back, add to the hound-loving character.
A beautifully semi-matt surface lends the handle a pleasing, softer touch and simultaneously enhances the natural color of the stone, which reveals best against the light.
An extended, premium silver collar with lavish golden flower swags, a well-figured snake-wood shaft, and a silver ferrule acknowledges the handle's quality.
Obviously well cared for, this cane survived two world wars and the ravages of time flawlessly.
It is representative of the great wealth of the golden Imperial Days, when opulence reigned, and redefines the rich Russian taste with the differentiating discreet note of the Imperial Capital.
3 ½” x 1 ½”, O.L. 35 ¾”
$1,800-$2,500
Amethyst is the stone of humility, peace of mind, piety, and resignation. It was associated with Bacchus, the god of wine, and was thought to cure drunkenness. It became a symbol of sobriety, possibly because water in an amethyst jug looked like wine but had no intoxicating effect.
Piratinera guianensis, or snake wood, belongs to the family Moraceae and originates in tropical South America. It is a truly exotic species and probably one of the most difficult woods to find. Typically, it is a very small tree that shows only the wonderful reddish-brown heartwood, with speckles of black appearing as hieroglyphics or snakeskin markings in a small quantity of the wood, and then rarely evenly spread across the entire face of the board. Its markings, which resemble snakeskin, give this small, relatively rare timber its name. Snake wood is dense, extremely heavy, and can be somewhat challenging to work with. It splits fairly easily and tends to be splintery. It's also hard to cut and drill. However, it becomes very smooth when finished and has a superb, natural polish.
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