Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1953.014

Date:

1820-1840

Description:

Cane. Rosewood with ivory knob handle. Handle has bulbous head and octagonal neck. Sides in octagonal area slightly concave. Couple of turned lines inscribed at transition between bulb and octagonal section. At bottom of octagonal section is flat section, then shallow reed section with small line in ivory just above silver band. Small ivory chip missing from cracked line on one side. Flush with surface. Slight bend in shaft at lower silver band. Split through the middle and nailed on. There is a 3.5" brass finial and a 0.4" wide silver band held in place by pin 12" from the tip. Another silver ferrule, 0.8" wide, is just below the knob with the inscription, "Dea Saml Anderson / Windham / N. H." Silver diamond-shaped eyelet escutcheons, 0.75" long and the other 0.7" long through the cane 7" below the top, both 0.3" wide, with a tag attached which reads: "This cane belonged to Dea. Samuel Anderson of Windham, N.H. as the inscription engraved on the band just below the ivory head shows. Dea. Samuel was born Mar. 3, 1781, died Jan. 5, 1864. Purchased perhaps in the 1850s, the well-worn lower tip shows considerable use of the cane." Steel pin goes through ivory head to hold a crack.

Material:

Wood
Rosewood
Metal
Silver
Skeletal
Ivory

Dimensions:

L-35 Dia-1.25 inches Weight-11.35 oz

Provenance:

Originally belonged to Deacon Samuel Anderson (1781-1864) of Windham, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of John W. Anderson

People:

Anderson, Samuel (1781-1864), Anderson, Samuel (1849-1941), Anderson, John W. (1885-1970)

Subjects:

Canes