Silver Grasshopper

Silver handle cane representing a grasshopper on ears of wheat.

Black lacquered wooden shaft. French work, around 1900-1910. Bibliography: C. Dike, "La canne objet d'art", ed. de l'Amateur, Paris, 1988, p. 311, pl. 39, ill. b; catalogue of the exhibition "La canne et ses mystères", Musée de Carouge, Geneva, 18 March - 31 May 1998, p. 122, cat. n° 284.