Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1906.005.09

Place of Origin:

Scotland

Date:

1899

Description:

Cane. Brass and wood. Branch of hawthorn with smaller branches twined around in a twisted pattern. Light wood knob and a brass ferrule with fine brass wire twisted above to hold branchlets in place. Dark finish to main shaft and to twisted branches. Some old cracks in knob. A few broken spines on branches, broken off and missing. Ferrule ~1.4" long. Wire ~0.009" in diameter. Wire extends about 2.5" above ferrule. Central shaft diameter near base 0.42". Shaft diameter below knob 0.62". Branch diameters vary 0.3" near top to 0.14" near bottom. Crack on two sides near ferrule at base. Ferrule appears to be two pieces with thin tube and more-solid copper tip.

Material:

Wood
Hawthorn
Metal
Copper

Dimensions:

W-3.4 L-34.9 D-1.9 inches Weight-8.2 oz

Provenance:

Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #411: "Cane of Hawthorn cut in Scottish Highland. Twisted pattern. By A. Creamer, Oct. 6th 1899."

Credit Line:

Gift of Horace W. Harmon

People:

Creamer, A., Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)

Subjects:

Canes