Antique Chinese Dragon Cane with Free-Moving Ball – 19thC Carved Hardwood Walking Stick – Foo Dog Cane with Metal Tip, 92cm shelf decor 🌿 Hand-formed copper body with

🌿 Hand-formed copper body with original soldered joins🌿 Red and blue curved glass lenses in excellent condition🌿 Brass ‘Tweekleur’ cartouche to front🌿 Heavy patina from authentic maritime use🌿 Hinged rear burner-access door with original catches🌿 Vented base and period chimney cap🌿 A genuine working lantern originally designed for oil light (now decorative)

impressionistic modelling

The red felt base shows wear

Great Mercedes fan birthday present

A beautiful and unusual pair of antique glove stretchers

Antique Chinese Dragon Cane with Free-Moving Ball – 19thC Carved Hardwood Walking Stick – Foo Dog Cane with Metal Tip, 92cm shelf decor 🌿 Hand-formed copper body withAn exceptional 19th century Chinese hand carved hardwood walking cane featuring a fierce Foo Dog or dragon head handle with an extraordinary detail: a free moving wooden ball carved within its open mouth. Too large to have been inserted post carving, this intricate trick ball demonstrates the immense skill and precision of traditional Chinese artisans, often associated with devils work or puzzle carvings. The full length cane measures approximately