Riding crop
Category
Costume
Date
1880
Materials
Bone, Leather, Metal, Sisal
Measurements
643 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 934877
Summary
Riding crop, handle with gilt top, snakes head with red stone (?) eyes and engraved 'Bessie'; black leather plaited base and snakes tail, twinned round handle, gilt snakes tail end; whip, plaited sizel, end glued and finished with red tassel.
Provenance
'Bessie' (short for Elizabeth) was Lady Stamford's (1864-1961) family name
Marks and inscriptions
Bessie (handle engraved)