Antique Beagling Whip with Hound Handle and Whistle - w1777 bit Dover Street London

Dover Street London

4cm)Weight 3oz (86g)

keeper 1¾" (4

There is an round gilt brass cheek boss or badge on each side of the bit

the red spine and the corners are a little bumped

Antique Beagling Whip with Hound Handle and Whistle - w1777 bit Dover Street LondonThis beagling whip is heavier and more robust than many other examples. It has an antler or staghorn handle carved as a hound's head. The hound has glass eyes There is a whistle in the handle, this works well. It has a silver coloured (probably nickel) collar, there is a little damage to the top edge of this The short thick shaft or stock is made of red brown malacca cane with its characteristic teardrop shaped cross section The whip has a its