Walking stick
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1840 - 1850
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Brass, Ivory, Silver
Measurements
24 mm (Width) x 90 mm (Depth); 886 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion (Accredited Museum)
NT 549034
Summary
Boxwood walking stick with ivory handle. Angular carved handle with checked pattern on top and bottom sides. At joint with stem, silver band made up of latticed silver threads. Tapering chamfered stem with brass cap with two fluted lines pinned to base. Inscribed - Walking stick perhaps 1840-50 VandA costume pl 89 Cunnington p.175 (tied label, also verso) 1840 - 1850
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Walking stick perhaps 1840-50 VandA costume pl 89 Cunnington p.175 (tied label, also verso)