Carved Walking Stick

Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text

Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text
Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text

Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text

A very early 1800`s or even 1750`s English carved wooden stick - cane - staff - wand. Healers stick hand carved from Elder wood.

Measuring 80cm long and at its widest point [beak] 6.7cm. Top detail of male face one side and bird like plague mask to other. Then 21cm down three faces each with panel above. In these 3 panels some words readable which looks like to me. Wood has minor splits concurrent with age.

Overall IN VERY GOOD UNTOUCHED CONDITION. I have had this stick for ten years now.

This text refers to saint Abel a well known patron saint of the blind and lame , Bishop of Reims boniface [d 754]. Elder wood is said to hold magical powers [commonly wizard wands are made from this hard to carve wood]. Plague sticks still common at the time of the great plague which ended in 1750 , used to keep people at a distance , and to touch the ill. The item "Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text" is in sale since Friday, March 19, 2021. This item is in the category "Antiques\Woodenware\Walking Sticks/Canes".

The seller is "mike1060_1" and is located in march, Cambridgeshire. This item can be shipped worldwide.

  • Style/ Period: 1750
  • Product: Walking Sticks
  • Age: Pre-1800
  • Primary Material: Wood/ Woodenware
  • Antique: Yes
  • Sub-Type: elder wood
  • Product Sub-Type: healers stick
  • Original/Repro: Original


Antique English hand carved wooden walking stick plague mask faces with text