GADGET BLOW DART GUN CANE

Gadget cane with a blow gun. French model patent by Beaugrand & Notré Frères ( C. Dike " Cane curiosa"). The copper round knob carved on the top of a XVIIth. century noble unscrews on a funnel-shaped mouth piece; The middle of the shaft unscrews to put the bullet, the trigger located in the first part of the shaft stay loose and fire when we blow through the knob. Inside the knob there is the n°: 16422 engraved. Rattan staged shaft, original metal ferrule wich can be used as an extractor. Knob's measures : 1,5" diameter by 1,1" high. Overall length : 33,8". French end of XIXth.c.