Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1946.013

Date:

1893

Description:

Cane. Black, cylindrical, smooth wood, brass ferrule (missing), chased gold head, flaring top, engraved. Slightly mushroom-shape cap transitioning into octagonal short shaft, leading to raised, decorative reed section. Smaller decoration bead, then short, smooth bottom edge. Might be maker's mark very bottom edge in one area with symbol of some sort. Octagonal sides with oval center sections with curlycues and some flat panels next to them. Deep curlycues above and around edge of shaft. Decorative feature repeated four times around edge of smooth top surface. Inscribed in script, straight lines on top of cap: "Presented to / Hiram Rolfe / by the / Abbot Downing Co. / on completion of, / Fifty years services (flourish) / Feb. 1' 1893". Some engraved decorative lines on top at edge where design forms small peak.
Label taped to bottom above ferrule, "April 1946 Hiram Rolfe cane - Loaned by Benjamin H. Rolfe 43a So. Spring St., Concord, N.H."

Material:

Wood
Metal
Brass

Dimensions:

L-34.6 Dia-1.65 inches Weight-13.15 oz

Credit Line:

Loaned by Benjamin H. Rolfe

People:

Rolfe, Hiram (1825-1901)

Subjects:

Canes