A Fine Silver Mounted Sperm Whale Tooth and Snakewood Walking Stick (1800 to 1900 Barbados)

Whale Tooth and Snakewood

91.00cm high (35.83 inches high)

An old label inside reading 'I got this whale's tooth ( and another ) when I was with
the 1st West India Regiment in Barbados in 1886. Needless to say, I did not get the
whale, but sometimes saw whales spouting in the offing. Once, when on the rifle
range on the sea-coast with my men practising musketry, I took a shot at a whale
about half a mile off ! I had it mounted on a snakewood stick.' R.G.Burton

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A Fine Silver Mounted Sperm Whale Tooth and Snakewood Walking Stick
With hinged compartment for snuff
19th Century
Size : 91 cm long – 36 ins long