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Lot 18

AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN JUGENDSTIL MOONSTONE INSET 750 STANDARD SILVER-GILT CANE
Designed and executed by František (Franta) Anýž, Czechoslovakia, 1905

8 December 2025, 15:00 EST
New York

US$2,000 - US$3,000

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AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN JUGENDSTIL MOONSTONE INSET 750 STANDARD SILVER-GILT CANE

Designed and executed by František (Franta) Anýž, Czechoslovakia, 1905
The terminal with a large inset moonstone, the handle in the form of an abstract crouching beast, with inset teardrop moonstones above the collar, signed FRANTA ANÝŽ, on an ebonized wood shaft with a metal ferrule.
height overall 33 1/8in (84.3cm); height of handle 2in (5cm); width 3 1/2in (8.9cm)

Footnotes

Provenance
Il Segno del Tempo, Milan;
Collection of Eddi Van Auken, California, purchased from the above February 2001.

Literature
Van Auken, Eddi. Masterpieces: The Eddi Van Auken Collection of Antiques Walking Sticks and Canes. Silvia Editrice, Milan, 2025, page 76-77, number 46. (illustrated)

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