Nicole Smith
Specialist, Head of Sale
Lot 71
A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU LABRADORITE INSET HAMMERED COPPER BIOMORPHIC RAM CANEDesigned and executed by Alfred Daguet, Paris, 1907
8 December 2025, 15:00 EST
New YorkUS$2,000 - US$3,000
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Cassandra D'Cruz
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A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU LABRADORITE INSET HAMMERED COPPER BIOMORPHIC RAM CANE
Designed and executed by Alfred Daguet, Paris, 1907
The L-shaped copper handle with a repoussé ram's heads at each end of the horizontal grip surrounded by parallel bands in contoured tiers anchored by tiny countersunk copper pins and five large labradorite cabochons all over a stippled background on a Malacca shaft with a metal ferrule.
height overall 33 1/2in (85cm); height of handle 3in (7.7cm); width 4in (10.2cm)
The L-shaped copper handle with a repoussé ram's heads at each end of the horizontal grip surrounded by parallel bands in contoured tiers anchored by tiny countersunk copper pins and five large labradorite cabochons all over a stippled background on a Malacca shaft with a metal ferrule.
height overall 33 1/2in (85cm); height of handle 3in (7.7cm); width 4in (10.2cm)
Footnotes
Alfred Daguet (French, 1875-1942) was a popular metalsmith in Paris who was fascinated by Orientalism. Daguet often worked in iron, brass, and copper and used enamels and cabochons.
Provenance
Il Segno del Tempo, Milan;
Collection of Eddi Van Auken, California, purchased from the above June 2020.
Literature
Van Auken, Eddi. Masterpieces: The Eddi Van Auken Collection of Antiques Walking Sticks and Canes. Silvia Editrice, Milan, 2025, pages 328-329, number 257. (illustrated)
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