A Fine Novelty Victorian Walking Stick with Parquetry Balloon Handle sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Mrs Marshall's recipes were aimed

Mrs Marshall's recipes were aimed at young housewives married to professional men

Most Belouche rugs are woven in the hills of Afghanistan and imported from Pakistan

Numbered 7/15 and signed by the artist in pencil this black and white aquatint print shows a couple frolicking happily amidst flowers and trees with the family cat in tow

The small central field is well executed with a running dog inner border and a larger outer border populated by geometric motifs

In around 1759 Joseph Fry started making chocolate and the rest

A Fine Novelty Victorian Walking Stick with Parquetry Balloon Handle sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Mrs Marshall's recipes were aimedOrigin: English Period: Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Length: 35 inches Handle Top Diameter: 2 inches The ebonised oak cane profusely carved with nulling, terminating in a steel collar and a fine and unusual balloon shaped parquetry chequered mahogany handle, with the original brass ferule also present. The handle is, in particular, wonderfully tactile and conjures up the magic of hot air balloon flight in Victorian times.