Flower Picker A

English. 1910 – 1935. 36 inches (90cms). Yellow cane with pollen brush screwed into end. Cane with Pollen Dusting Brush and Brass blade cover. ‘Fruit’ and ‘Fleur’. ‘A D Brevets. Cueilleuse – Dubois’
Created and patented in France Sold over Europe esp England First appeared in Suttons catalogues in 1905. as Flower Gatherer (Dubois) at 18/6pence was supplied with brass cap but these are as rare as hens teeth.
Sold by Underwoods 56 Haymarket London. W.
This type of gadget cane is discussed by Catherine Dike, page 249 in Cane Curiosa. She suggests that without a bamboo sheath, this cane should be identified as a garden implement. However, the presence of the extended steel ferrule and the shape of the handle suggest that the present lot can easily be identified as a gardener’s or botanist’s cane.
Dubois made a similar tool except with tiny serrated gripper possibly sold as a watch or jewellery picker from shop window.