Antique Beagling Whip with Hound Handle and Fox Collar - w1775 sept24 Ref : spur287

Ref : spur287

including an intriguing section on "Points of Camel"

It has a straight mouthpiece which can rotate

The base is foot shaped and has simple decoration around its edge

Antique Beagling Whip with Hound Handle and Fox Collar - w1775 sept24 Ref : spur287This whip has an antler or staghorn handle carved as a hound's head. There is a whistle in the handle, this works well. There is a hairline crack in the horn above the mouthpiece of the whistle but this is quite stable. It has a silver coloured (probably nickel) collar with raised decoration depicting a fox mask and brushes The short shaft or stock has a cross hatched pattern The whip has a its original small open rawhide keeper at its end and an