Lot 5417 - ibid150 Collection de cannes provenant de la succession du Dr Ernst Boehlen - mardi, 01. avril 2025, 9h30
GADGET WALKING STICK WITH A VIOLIN
Probably USA, ca. 1900. The bridge signed Jeremiah Werhner Minneapolis.
Walnut handle with brass bayonet lock. Wooden shaft can be folded in half. Opens onto a 4-string violin instrument, tailpiece made of light wood, fingerboard made of black dyed wood and metal pegs. Recess for the bow. Violin bow made of pernambuco wood, ebony frog, eye with mother-of-pearl inlay, silver ring, thumb leather, horsehair strings.
L total 95 cm.
Provenance:
Conditionreport:
- signs of use and scratches to the wood<br>- Knob slightly loose<br>- tailpiece incomplete<br>- 2 screws for fixing the metal pegs missing<br>- strings probably replaced<br>- bow probably replaced<br>- Base of the wooden knob probably replaced CHF 700 / 1 000 | (€ 720 / 1 030)
Vendu pour CHF 2 500 (frais inclus)