Cane
- Object Name:
- Cane
- Object ID:
- 1961.022.01
- Date:
- 1897
- Description:
- Cane. Cylindrical black wood cane with brass finial. Embossed gold handle in foliate design. Four plain triangular sections with convex sides radiating upward from band of curlycue designs near base of handle where it meets shaft Engraved "Presented by / Pembroke Town History Co. / to / Trueworthy L. Fowler 1847--1897." Three more short flourish lines above and below text Ferrule at bottom held in by steel pin. Pair decorative lines incised around middle of ferrule. Plain rounded cap on end of handle. Triangular section with single blossom with leaves in it, opposite of inscription. Inscribed area is an elongated octagon with slightly concave sides. Portions of octagon border inlet with sections of curlicue engraving. Borderline around inside edge of octagon.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass
Gold
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-3.8 L-35.5 D-1.1 inches Weight-14.35 oz
- Provenance:
- Belonged to Trueworthy Ladd Fowler, Pembroke, NH.
- Credit Line:
- On Permanent Loan from Adin M. Noyes
- Subjects:
- Canes
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