Hard stone scarab

A porcelain cane with a milord knob decorated with enamelled mimosa branches and a hardstone beetle.

Ebony shaft; gilt bronze ring. English work, circa 1870. Bibliography: C. Dike " La canne objet d'art ", éd. de l'Amateur, Paris, 1988, p. 207, ill. 23; catalogue of the exhibition " La canne et ses mystères ", 18 March - 31 May 1998, Musée de Carouge, Geneva, reproduced p. 38, N° 205.