A Silver Handled & Peacock Wood Novelty Walking Stick, Hallmarked for 1888; Henry Howell & Co (Jonathan Howell), London sub-Curios but it was during World

but it was during World War II

All three bottles would make charming and welcome additions to those looking for a rather lurid and unusual decorative effect or alternatively for the serious collector

folk interested in medicine

also known as gadget or trick canes

having four open shelves and a moulded cornice

A Silver Handled & Peacock Wood Novelty Walking Stick, Hallmarked for 1888; Henry Howell & Co (Jonathan Howell), London sub-Curios but it was during WorldOrigin: 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