A Silver Handled & Peacock Wood Novelty Walking Stick, Hallmarked for 1888; Henry Howell & Co (Jonathan Howell), London sub-Curios also known as gadget or

also known as gadget or trick canes

having four open shelves and a moulded cornice

The bottle reading DL: RICINI

Now very scarce

‘nuts’

A Silver Handled & Peacock Wood Novelty Walking Stick, Hallmarked for 1888; Henry Howell & Co (Jonathan Howell), London sub-Curios also known as gadget orOrigin: 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