Antique Bamboo Shooting Stick

Antique Bamboo Shooting Stick

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Bamboo Shooting Stick, Sports Seat.
A good quality sports seat, shooting stick made of bamboo with folding cane seat and polished brass fittings. There is a metal disc on the bottom to support the seat in soft ground. Stamped BTE. S.G.D.G. The term stands for "Breveté Sans Garantie Du Gouvernement" and translated means: "Patent without guarantee of the government", this is the name of a patent as it was in France until 1968.

Height when closed for use as a walking stick 90½ cm, seated height 75½ cm, disc is 10 cm in diameter.

Dimensions:

Height 90.5 cm / 35 34"
Width 11 cm / 4 "
Depth 6 cm / 2 "
Period

1900-1949

Year

Circa 1910

Medium

Bamboo, cane & brass

Country

France

Condition

A good usable shooting stick, a couple of brass collars have split.

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