Cane
- Object Name:
- Cane
- Object ID:
- 1925.007.03
- Place of Origin:
- Charlestown, MA
- Date:
- 1880
- Description:
- Cane. Cylindrical cherry wood, 2" brass ferrule, rounded top, deeply carved in twisted leaf pattern about 14" wide along cane from top. Brass held in place by pin. Top plain, slightly- rounded end. Carved floral decoration starts 0.5" below top surface and extends down to a carved reeding around diameter. Circular pattern of carvings below reeding extends down to 12.4" from top. Carving makes 1.3 revolutions around shaft. Deeply carved in some areas with stippled background in recesses. Plain band at bottom with small chip carving around its edges. Four triangular design sections below band with slightly convex sides. Shaft relatively straight with a couple small bends near bottom.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- L-34.5 Dia-1.2 inches Weight-9.9 oz
- Provenance:
- From tag: "Cane made of wood from the U.S.S. Hartford Admiral Farragut's Flag ship and made at Charlestown Navy Yard. Presented to Hon. Evarts W. Farr M.C. at Washington D.C. Sept. 1880 by Capt. David G. McRitchie, U.S.N. Commander of U.S.S. Tallapoosa. Given to N.H. Historical Society April, 1925 by his daughter Ida Farr Miller, Wakefield, Mass." Evarts Worcester Farr was born and died in Littleton, NH (1840-1880). He served in Congress 1879-1880.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ida Farr Miller
- Subjects:
- Canes
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