This whip has a bone hook shaped handle.
There is a fine hairline crack at the back of the handle, but there is no movement or instability around it.
It has a slver collar hallmarked Birmingham 1862.
It also has the silversmith's stamp "HS".
The collar is decorated in relief with a horseracing or hunting scene, showing three mounted riders and a fence.
The long stock or shaft is made of red brown malacca cane with its distinctive ridged cross section.
There are a few dark marks on the cane.
It has its original rawhide open keeper and a long thong which ends in a knot around a yellow cord lash.

Dimensions : Handle : 3¼" (8.5cm) Length (not including keeper) 29¾" (75.5cm), keeper 4" (10cm), Thong (not including lash) 45½" (115cm)
Weight 190g (6¾ oz)

Ref : whip1579