Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1888.007

Date:

1840

Description:

Cane. Brass and wood. Octagonal shaft, painted black. Tapered shaft, from 0.8" flat-to-opposite flat near large end, to 0.4" at small end, flat-to-flat. Slightly elongated barrel-shaped handle of natural wood with finish of medium brown. Seven narrow grooves turned near each tapered end of handle. Ends of handle concave. Wooden shaft connecting handle and octagonal shaft. Brass ferrule at small end of shaft held by a small steel nail. Ferrule with simple line around it near top end and also narrow band of knurling at bottom edge. Cut into shaft: "Old Bay State. (3" space) Tippecanoe Club (5" space) Lo! The Star in the East!! / Kentucky. (0.75" space) Tyler. ("y" of Tyler descends to next lower panel) V.P. 184. / Penn. (9" space) Hurrah for Old Tip! / (7.7" space) Hero of the Thames. / (3.2" space) Harrison & Reform. / (0.6" space) New (short line at bottom between) York. / One Term . (1" space) Liberty ("y" ascender goes to next lower panel) & Union. / (1.1" space) Ohio. (2" space) No Sub Treasury. ("y" ascender goes to next lower panel) / (0.6" space) Vermont. (7.8" space) A Sound Currency. ("y" ascender goes to next panel)." Letters all serif letters. Writing on end of barrel handle where it's concave: On one end starting at 9:00 written: "Hard Cider. Yankee" then "Doodle". "OK". On opposite end, written across top curved edge of barrel "Old Tip." On bottom, facing up: "Tyler Too." In center: "&".

Material:

Wood
Metal
Brass
Steel

Dimensions:

W-2.4 L-34.9 D-1.4 inches Weight-6.9 oz

Provenance:

Originally owned by Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886) of Bradford, NH. Donated by his wife, Imogene B. Tappan (1860-1932).

Credit Line:

Gift of Imogene B. Tappan

People:

Tappan, Mason W. (1817-1886), Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841), Tappan, Imogene B. (1860-1932)

Subjects:

Canes, Souvenirs, Commemorative objects