Cane
- Object Name:
- Cane
- Object ID:
- 1965.064.01
- Date:
- 1860-1895
- Description:
- Cane. Ivory, with carved red and black decoration. Mother-of-pearl circle in head. Turned handle section, 3.15" long. Flattened, bulbous top. Shaft with concave and convex areas, turned; black and red decorative lines around it. Inlaid mother-of-pearl, 0.8" diameter. Brass pins holding cap to shaft. Shaft 0.7" diam. at top; 0.5" diam. at bottom. At top of shaft, section 6.4" long with diamond pattern. Short section 0.9" high with red and dark decorations applied. 7" section of spiral fluting next. 1" section red and dark-colored decorations. Then, 8.9" section of straight reeding. Very short section of applied red decoration. 6.1" section of diamond decorations that transition to 2.1" of smooth surface.
- Material:
- Mother-of-Pearl
Ivory - Dimensions:
- L-35.7 Dia-1.5 inches Weight-15.2 oz
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Grace Kimball
- Subjects:
- Canes
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