Cane
- Object Name:
- Cane
- Object ID:
- 1906.005.16
- Place of Origin:
- Petersburg, VA
- Date:
- circa 1894
- Description:
- Cane. Wood and brass. Light, knotty wood with rounded-off top. Brass ferrule, 0.85" long. Crimped in place. Bottom of ferrule slightly concave. A couple decorative lines around top edge of ferrule. Cane body at that point: 0.5" x 0.5". Near top, shaft: 0.7" x .07". Knot on side near top. Top shallow, dome shaped. Seven branches on side smoothed and rounded over. Shaft relatively straight but slight narrow bend near bottom. Written in ink on shaft: "Ft. McGilvey, Petersburg, Va 125". Varnished label reading "ML"* "185 M L " Paper label oval with red border.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- W-0.75 L-35.9 D-0.7 inches Weight-4.15 oz
- Provenance:
- Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #186: "Cane cut in Ft. McGilvery on the right of Union line around Petersburg."
The Siege of Petersburg, VA, occurred in 1864-65. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
- Subjects:
- Canes
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