Cane
- Object Name:
- Cane
- Object ID:
- 1906.005.11
- Place of Origin:
- Wolfeboro, NH
- Date:
- circa 1899
- Description:
- Cane. Wood and brass. Branch of a pear tree planted by Gov. John Wentworth at his home in Wolfeboro, NH. Slim cane made of knotty wood with dark bark. Small brass ferrule. Top rounded. Written in ink on the top, "388". Shaft diameter at top: 0.6" average. Shaft diameter at bottom: 0.33". Ferrule length: 0.6". Probable flatheaded, slotted screw in bottom of shaft, which probably holds ferrule in place. 27 branch stubs on side of shaft of various sizes. Smoothed over. Shat has 14-18 different straight and/or curved segments.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- W-1 L-35.5 D-1 inches Weight-2.8 oz
- Provenance:
- Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #388: "Cane from Pear Tree planted by Gov. Benning Wentworth at his summer home, Wolfboro N.H." (This was the home of John Werntworth, not Benning.)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- Subjects:
- Canes, Pear trees
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