Bronze knob F. R. Carabin

Bronze cane with knob representing a child sheltering under a large mushroom.

Ebony shaft. François Rupert Carabin (1862-1932), France, circa 1890-1900; signed "R. Carabin" on the foot of the mushroom. Bibliography: catalogue of the exhibition "La canne et ses mystères", Musée de Carouge, Geneva, 18 March - 31 May 1998, p. 115, cat. no. 201.