Antique Silver Mounted Hunting Whip with Thong - w1680
Antique Silver Mounted Hunting Whip with Thong - w1680
This whip has a staghorn handle with a stepped "gatepusher" section.
It has a silver collar which has many dents and dings, the hallmark has been lost.
The shaft or stock of the whip has been re-covered in dark brown leather with a finely stitched seam.
There are several scuff, scratches and gouges to the leather including a 1 cm (half inch) full thickness defect near the end of the shaft.
It has a replacement open leather keeper or loop at its end and a braided leather thong with a repaired loop and a cord lash at its end. There is damage to two strands of the braiding near the end of the thong
Dimensions : Staghorn : 5" (13cm) Length (not including keeper) 18½" (47cm), keeper 5½" (14cm), Thong (not including lash) 56" (142cm)
Weight 311g (11 oz)
Ref : whip1680