Topic: Old english. Help ID!!!

[incazzatonero]

I have found this on ebay germany:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380095589918&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:DE:1123

Does anybody know what it is? I presume Bacchus.
Regards.

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[Cathy B]

Hi Lothar,

Sorry, but I had to remove the images. The seller owns the those pictures, so just as a general policy the board doesn't allow them to be used.

[alexander]

Hi, I think you'll find that most don't like to comment on id'ing an eBay item if the auction is ongoing,
some beacuse it would give an unfair advantage if the item is/isn't special, others because they may be bidding themselves.

The paperweight has an Old English look to it and at a glance it doesn't look like the Bacchus'es in Bob Hall's book.

I have not done any serious cane comparison etc. so I could be wrong.

[tropdevin]

Hi

It is Old English, but not Bacchus. I'm pretty sure it is a Richardson weight. The canes look like Richardson, and I have seen that hollow head cane before in some of their items. I have never seen it in a Bacchus weight!

Look out for my long article on Queen's Head canes in the 2009 PCA Bulletin.

Alan