Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1906.005.06

Place of Origin:

Spotsylvania, VA

Date:

circa 1894

Description:

Cane. Light, cylindrical smooth wood with a bone head about two thirds broken off. Straight, tapered, tan wood shaft, diameter large end: 0.85", middle 0.71" diameter, bottom by ferrule 0.6". Plated ferrule tip: 1.4" long, with straight taper. Steel section with same taper, 0.35" long. Ferrule held in place with pin. Number of dark knots in shaft. Mushroom-shaped cap with small reed decoration around its center. 1.5" brass ferrule. Two pieces of the bone head have been found and repaired. Y-shaped crack that runs from top to bottom. Couple small fragments missing from knob. Knob height 1.4". Writing in black hand script: "B A Spotsylvania". Knob medium-brown. May be steel pin holding knob on.

Material:

Wood
Metal

Skeletal
Steel
Brass

Dimensions:

L-37 Dia-1.3 inches Weight-6.65 oz

Provenance:

Note in accession file: "B.A. Spotsylvania," which refers to the Bloody Angle, the location of the Union attack under Grant, May 12-13, during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 8-21, 1864.

Horace W. Harmon Collection.

Credit Line:

Gift of Horace W. Harmon

People:

Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)

Subjects:

Canes