Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1906.005.19

Place of Origin:

Arlington, VA

Date:

circa 1894

Description:

Cane. Steel, brass plated, and wood. Cylindrical natural finish wood with a fairly smooth rounded top and metal ferrule. Plated ferrule ~1" long. Steel tip 0.4" long. Ferrule and tip same diameter at bottom. Couple decorative grooves around middle of ferrules. Pin holding ferrule in place. Sharp bottom edge to steel tip. Shaft diameter at base: 0.65". Shaft diameter at top: 0.9". Possible turning point at center of top. Four branches off shaft, smoothed. Shaft relatively straight with couple minor bends. Label near top partially removed - "--81 Lee Estate N C Cen--- Arling---"

Material:

Wood
Metal
Steel
Brass

Dimensions:

W-0.95 L-36.5 D-1 inches Weight-9.25 oz

Provenance:

Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #181: "Cane from Lee Estate, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Cut near Mrs. Custis grave west of Mansion but five rods."

Mrs. Custis is presumably Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (1788-1853), wife of George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857). Both are buried at Arlington House.

Credit Line:

Gift of Horace W. Harmon

People:

Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870), Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911), Custis, George Washington Parke (1781-1857)

Subjects:

Canes