Cane

Object Name:

Cane

Object ID:

1969.030.03

Date:

1750-1760

Description:

Cane. Bulbous ivory head, silver collars, tapering malacca wood shaft. Incised lines at base of knob handle. Brass ferrule and iron tip. Black green grosgrain cord. "Benning Wentworth / 1750" engraved in script on silver collar beneath handle. "George J. Wentworth From His Father June 1818" engraved on silver collar on shaft. Ivory grommets for hole in shaft where woven, flat, black cord passes through. Decorative knot at end forming small ball. Silver band flush with surface.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Skeletal
Brass
Iron
Ivory
Textile

Dimensions:

W-1.15 L-35.9 D-0.95 Dia-0.85 inches Weight-11.1 oz

Provenance:

Descended from Benning Wentworth to his brother, George Wentworth (1740-1820). George Wentworth bequeathed it to his son Ebenezer Wentworth (1779-1860), who in turn gave it to his son, George J. Wentworth (1817-1872).
From George J. it passed to Mark H. Wentworth, then to his son Charles E., the father of Strafford Wentworth. Anne Wentworth Morss, Margaret Wentworth Whiting and Constance Wentworth Dodge were the daughter of Strafford (1872- )and Margaret LeMoyne Wentworth (1880- ).

Credit Line:

Given in Memory of Strafford and Margaret Wentworth by their daughters, Anne Wentworth Morss, Margaret Wentworth Whiting, and Constance Wentworth Dodge

People:

Dodge, Constance W., Morss, Anne W., Wentworth, Benning (1696-1770), Wentworth, Charles E., Wentworth, Ebenezer, Wentworth, George (1740-1820), Wentworth, George (1740-1820) J., Wentworth, Mark H., Wentworth, Strafford, Whiting, Margaret W.

Subjects:

Canes