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200. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE ARCHITECTURAL WALKING STICK, circa 1850, the upper third comprised of four carved ivory sections, the grip a Turk’s turban above a crosshatched section, above a section of fine openwork twisted columns above a twist section, all spaced with blonde baleen rings with silver diamond, the bone shaft reeded and twisted rope to a smooth, ending in a 2 inch ivory ferrule with ball tip. Length 33 ¾ in. 201. FINE WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY, WHALEBONE, MOTHER- OF-PEARL, ABALONE, TORTOISESHELL AND BALEEN WALKING STICK, circa 1840, polyhedron ivory grip with tortoiseshell inlaid squares, dots, circles and heart, three baleen spacers on a fine inlaid bone shaft of geometric shapes, dots, lattice and swags, ending in a graduating turned taper. Length 33 in. Rafael Osona Auctions 98