Walking stick handles carved to look like dogs. All of them taken from an auction catalog from Tooveys. So much more interesting than the Amazon kind.

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Sectional full length ivory walking cane, the handle carved in the form of a dog, together with another walking cane, the ivory handle carved in the form of a dog’s head with inset green eyes.19th c. Makers not known. Image © Toovey’s 2017-2021. Fair use license. via https://www.tooveys.com/lots/438864/a-19th-century-sectional-full-length-ivory-walking-cane
Ebony walking came, the ivory handle carved as a dog’s head inset with red glass eyes above a plated collar. Late 19th-early 20th c. Maker not known. Image © Toovey’s 2017-2021. Fair use license. via https://www.tooveys.com/lots/438866/a-late-19thearly-20th-century-ebony-walking-cane
Ebonized walking cane, the ivory handle carved as a dog’s head with inset glass eyes above a gilt metal studded collar. 19th c. Maker not known. Image © Toovey’s 2017-2021. Fair use license. via https://www.tooveys.com/lots/438873/a-19th-century-ebonized-walking-cane

Note: these all have ivory but were made around 1900 or earlier. If it was not antique ivory and if I was not familiar with the auction house I would not use them. Indeed they would not be auctioning them off if it was new, either.

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