Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1923.004

Date:

1769-1809

Description:

Cane. Wood and brass. Knotty, dark, with rough bark still intact. Brass ferrule and rounded-off top. Shaft at top: 1.2" x 1.1". Shaft at bottom: 0.8" x 0.8". Overall ferrule length: 1.6". Steel tip portion: 0.5" high. Plated brass. Two decorative lines around ferrule. Held in place by one brad. Eight good-sized stems at center of shaft, cut and smoothed over. About four curved areas in shaft. A number of small curves around cluster of stems in middle. Date marked with ink just above ferrule "1769".

Material:

Wood
Brass

Dimensions:

W-1.5 L-35.5 D-1.4 inches Weight-10.3 oz

Provenance:

Thomas Stickney (1729-1809) commanded a regiment under Stark at the Battle of Bennington. He was born in Bradford, MA, and died in Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Florence P. Miles

People:

Stickney, Thomas (1729-1809), Miles, Florence P. (1882-1931)

Subjects:

Revolutionary War, Canes