Whip
- Object Name:
- Whip
- Object ID:
- 1918.008
- Creator:
- Webster, Daniel (1782-1852); Bigelow, Kennard & Company
Silversmith - Place of Origin:
- Marshfield, MA
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Whip, made and used by Daniel Webster (1782-1852). Short wooden whip apparently intended for lash to be attached at one end where wood narrows and a small knob forms an anchor for knotting one on. Wood rounded by hand carving, flattened at grip end. Silver plaque mounted on grip, engraved in script. Whip is mounted on a rectangular board with molded edges and bands of inlay. Silver plaque on mounting board, engraved in script, "Whip made and used by Daniel Webster at Marshfield Massachusetts. / Presented to the State of New Hampshire and placed in the keeping of the / New Hampshire Historical Society. Gift of Arthur Emmons Pearson. / 1918." Two typescript paper labels adhered to back of board: "Mounting made by / Irving & Casson - A.H. Davenport / Company / Boston" and "Silver plate e[ngraved by] / Bigelow, Kennard & [Company] / Boston".
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- L-36 Dia-0.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Plaque on whip reads, "This whip was manufactured by the Hon. Dan'l Webster of Marshfield and was / used by him exclusively for many years for driving his old white Horse Morgan; / over the fields and marshes when out upon his favorite amusements of Gunning & Fishing."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Arthur Emmons Pearson
- Subjects:
- Whips, Horseback riding
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