A Memento Mori Ebonised & Carved Antler Walking Cane as a Skull c.1890-1900 sub-Macabre- Medicine As the century progressed oak

As the century progressed oak once more came back into fashion and the edges of the pedestals and top were at right angles and drawer fronts were mainly plain

The cupboard shows some rather attractive wear and tear with scuffing commensurate with its age

easily digestible plants and leaves

which we see in this example

but we here like to leave all of our pieces untouched and we love the picture as it is

A Memento Mori Ebonised & Carved Antler Walking Cane as a Skull c.1890-1900 sub-Macabre- Medicine As the century progressed oakOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900Length: 35Handle Width: 1Handle Depth: 2The beautifully hand carved antler handle modelled as a hand clasping a skull above a white metal collar, to an ebonised shaft and original brass ferrule and surviving from the turn of the nineteenth century. In good overall order, there is some very minor movement to the handle and some small amount of loss but it remains complete and