victorian silver malacca ? wood cane

hi folks

this was another cane i picked up at the boot sale for £5

silver pommel, which dates to 1890 something

cant seem to find a similar makers mark

quite long, measures 98cm

wondering if the wood is malacca ?

any thoughts appreciated

 

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Cool thanks aqui, think it's the London leopards head 1893

Can't find any SHL Mark though

 

Malacca cane is jointed like bamboo. It comes from the base of the rattan palm (the vine used to make caning/rattan). The material was imported from areas of southeast Asia around the Malacca Straits, hence the name.
http://unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk/2015/?p=778

This is raw malacca cane. You can see the segment divisions are at various angles.

 

Thanks for the info tmb, doesn't seem right for Malacca then, probably to heavy a wood as well

Wonder what wood it is, quite lovely

 

Sorry if the link doesn't work. I took it from one of my previous posts, and didn't think to check to see if it was still valid.