Walking stick
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, Brass, Dalbergia nigra, Rosewood [dalbergia nigra], Silver
Measurements
29 mm (Width) x 113 mm (Depth); 872 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion (Accredited Museum)
NT 549033.1
Summary
Rosewood walking stick with carved bone handle. Handle carved into dog's head with red beads for eyes. Silver band around joint of neck with stem. 'W.B' only clear mark. On front of band impressed shield on which indistinct monogram. Plain round fluted stem with brass band around end. Inscribed - Dog Head Stick 20/- (tied label)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Dog Head Stick 20/-. (tied label)