Striking old walking stick (cane) or classroom pointer. Most likely this was a light walking stick (only 2 ounces but fairly strong) and may have had a metal tip on ground end at one time, but it was lost to history long ago.  Even though this is sturdy, it seems some of these old canes were less for use as a true "needed" walking cane and perhaps more of a fashion statement or use as a pointer or other.  Most modern canes are 1/2"-1" in diameter and this is smaller.  We found several of these old Boxer or English Bulldog head walking sticks or canes dated from the mid to late 1800's.  We only found one however that appeared to be by the same maker as ours in over 25 of eBay sales.  This is just over 35" in length and the stick part is bamboo and the head a shaped metal of some type. Not sure if it is brass or other, as it has dark patina covering it from age.  In any case the piece looks outstanding. We found ones somewhat similar had sold from $100 to $300+ over the years on eBay.  The ones most similar to this were dated to late 1800's and that seems to fit patina & general look of item.  Some identified these walking sticks as carnival souvenir canes, but those were mostly the ceramic head canes made from 1900-1930 or so.  We feel this item predates those by several decades and are pricing at what we feel is appropriate for the item.