Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1906.005.10

Place of Origin:

Seven Pines, VA

Date:

1894

Description:

Cane. Crooked maple shaft with dark handle at right angle, either antler or some type of horn, with parallel grain dyed a dark color, in two pieces joined with 45-degree mitre. Three small indentations on one side in vertical shaft. Undulating groove above dents. Simply carved. Edges of joints slightly rounded. Horizontal portion tapered and curved down slightly with flat, smooth end. Wood shaft diameter at top averages ~0.64". Shaft at base: 0.52". Ferrule at base: 0.84" long. Steel tip insert, 0.23" long. Metal pin holding metal ferrule on at base. Shaft: a couple shallow curves where it bends near top. Metal finial and a silver ferrule 0.25"" wide just below the handle. Ink inscription on wood near top: "Seven Pines / Sept 24, 1894". Ferrule at top: 0.85" long. Plated brass ferrule.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Skeletal

Dimensions:

W-2.9 L-35.4 D-1 inches Weight-4.9 oz

Provenance:

Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #187: "Cane, Maple, cut in place of the hardest fighting at Seven Pines in front of Richmond."

Credit Line:

Gift of Horace W. Harmon

People:

Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)

Subjects:

Canes