Cane with a polychrome ivory handle representing the head of a duck; a pushbutton causes the articulated beak to move.
Bamboo shaft. Brigg, London, 1891. Bibliography: C. Dike, "Les cannes à système", ed. de l'Amateur, Paris, 1982, p. 99, ill. 11/2; U. Klever, "Spazierstöcke. Zierde, Werkzeug und Symbol", Callweg Verlag, Munich, 1984, p. 155, ill. 203 (similar model); catalogue of the exhibition "La canne et ses mystères", Musée de Carouge, Geneva, 18 March - 31 May 1998, p. 118, cat. no. 236.
