Silver handle cane representing a viper with emerald eyes.
Malacca rush shaft. Saint Petersburg, 1908-1917. Bibliography: C. Dike, "La canne objet d'art", ed. de l'Amateur, Paris, 1988, p. 373, ill. 12; catalogue of the exhibition "La canne et ses mystères", Musée de Carouge, Geneva, 18 March - 31 May 1998, p. 122, cat. no. 286 (ill. p.53).