Welcome to my Antique Canes Website.

Antique Canes, Walking Sticks and Umbrellas have long been a passion of mine and I offer a large selection dating from 1650 to 1950. These are not perambulatory aids, but items of fashion, individuality, power, status and profession.

A cane was designed to be worn rather than used. It showed who you were and how you viewed yourself. Whether you sported a jewelled Fabergé cane or one of whalebone fashioned by a sailor on a long sea voyage, your cane made a powerful statement. Consequently, these items are intensely personal. Each cane is redolent with the history of bygone individuals and their times.

Regency rakes would brandish sword sticks , farmers loved to carve scenes of rural life on a branch and young Victorian gentlemen would cut a veritable dash at the opera with their silver top canes.

A remarkable level of skill and artistry was employed to enable people at all levels of society to make a statement. This makes "ambulism", or cane and walking stick collecting, one of the most fascinating fields in antiques.

I am Geoffrey Breeze. I opened my first antique shop in South London in 1972. For the past thirty years I have supplied the public and the trade from my shops in Chelsea, Chiswick and most recently Bath. I was Chair of the Bath and Bradford on Avon Antique Dealers Association for four years and I am a member of the British Antique Dealers Association.

I sell mainly from antique fairs and shows.

Please contact me to:

Buy Canes, Walking Sticks and Umbrellas
Sell Canes, Walking Sticks and Umbrellas
Discuss Canes
Request a special Cane
Request a complimentary ticket to an antique fair