Sword cane
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Wood, metal, brass, steel, bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. ( 90.8 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Sword cane with straight, hollow shaft concealing long steel blade with bone collar; gilded knob handle with diaper pattern; metal ferrule.
Credit Line:
Gift of Morris Van Veen
Object Number:
1946.45ab
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this sword cane was carried by the donor's father.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
22827
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cane
Classification:
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 87 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Wood cane with tapered shaft; cartouche, eagle with vine and snake and lizard carved in medium relief.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1934.53
Marks:
carved: in shaft: "LBC"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane was formerly owned by Dr. Clinton Levi Bagg, MD (d. 1924), N.Y.C. Medical College 1879, Head of Metropolitan Hosiptal, and family physician to Cox family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
22825
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shillelagh
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood (possibly blackthorn)
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 59.1 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Wood cane or shillelagh or cudgel; knotty shaft extending from a thicker branch which serves as the handle; rounded handle top.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William Sulzer
Object Number:
1942.102
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
22824
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walking-stick
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1851
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. ( 92.1 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with straight, tapered shaft; knob handle of woven silver wires capped with engraved disk; metal ferrule.
Credit Line:
Gift of Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Object Number:
1916.14
Marks:
engraved: on top of handle: "Abijah Reed/1851/Roswell Skeel/1882"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane was used by Abijah Reed, the maternal grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1851
eMuseum Object ID:
22823
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cane
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood, gold plate, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 92.1 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with straight, slightly tapered ebonized shaft, faceted knob handle, banded gold-plated collar with inscription, metal eyelets, and metal ferrule.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph P. Thompson
Object Number:
1880.11
Marks:
engraved: on collar: "H.C. W.H.R. C.M.C. AL/JPT"
engraved: on top of handle: "Presented/to the Hon:/Henry Clay,/by/Hamilton H. Jackson/of Brooklyn,/L.I."
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane first belonged to Henry Clay of Kentucky. It was given by him to Judge William H. Robinson of Missouri, Robinson gave it to Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky, Clay gave it to President Abraham Lincoln, and his widow gave it to Rev. Dr. Thompson, "as a friend who her husband greatly honored." Legacy of the Rev. Joseph P. Thompson to the Society in 1879 through the executors George W. Lane and Charles S. Smith.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
22821
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Silk, wood, paint, plastic, brass, yarn
Dimensions:
closed: 44 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 113.3 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Parasol with brass ferrule; silk shade with black, ivory, and green bands, and wide, multicolored, flowered border; black painted wooden shaft with slightly tapered handle with disk-shaped, brown plastic base; ornamental pompom attached to handle.
Object Number:
Z.1451
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
22812
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walking-stick
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Wood, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 3/4 x 1 in. ( 90.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with straight, tapered shaft; brass knob handle engraved with image of a sinking sailing ship; carving on upper portion of shaft; brass eyelets; and metal ferrule.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Leland E. Coffer
Object Number:
1950.219
Marks:
engraved: on knob: "(unknown word)/of the/wreck/of the/Royal George/sunk/1782/raised 1840."
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane was made from the timber of the Royal George, part of Lord Howe's fleet which was outfitting at Spit Head to go to the relief of Gibraltar, sprang a leak, turned over and sank with 800 persons.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
22786
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walking-stick
Classification:
Date:
1910
Medium:
Mahogany, metal, bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 91.8 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with tapered, straight shaft; gold-plated pear-shaped handle decorated with scroll and pointed arch pattern; engraved silver plaque near top of shaft; and bone ferrule.
Credit Line:
Gift of Honorable William Sulzer
Object Number:
1936.407
Marks:
engraved: on top of handle: "W.S."
engraved: on plaque: "obsequiado al Representante/Wm Sulzer por Estrada Cabrera/Presidente de Guatemala/1910"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane was presented to the donor by Estrada Cabrera, President of Guatemala.
This cane belonged to William Sulzer (1863-1941). Nicknamed "Plain Bill", Sulzer was the 39th governor of New York and a long-serving congressman for the state (1895-1912). In Congress, he was known as a Populist. Sulzer was elected governor in 1912 with the support of William Jennings Bryan, William Randolph Hearst, and Woodrow Wison, as well as the reform and Tammany factions of the state Democratic Party. He was the first and only New York State Governor to be impeached.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
22785
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cane
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Wood, silver, bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 5 1/4 x 1 in. ( 94 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with tapering straight shaft, L-shaped bone handle, and silver collar. Handle pulls out to reveal a ruler and level on a metal armature.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. James Hazen Hyde
Object Number:
1947.92
Marks:
printed in ink: on ruler: "T. BRIGG & SONS/ST JAMES'S ST/LONDON"
engraved: on collar: "J.H.H."
Gallery Label:
The ruler inside the cane was used to measure the height of horses. The engraved initials on the cane suggests that it was used by the donor, James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959).
Hyde was a member of the New-York Historical Society and the son of Henry Hazen Hyde, the founder of thr Equitable Life Assurance Society. James was well-known for his tremendous financial and social success, exemplified by the lavish costume ball he threw in 1905 made to evoke the court of Louis XV. Hyde never recovered from a scandal ignited as a result of rumors that charged he billed the entire party to the company. In December of 1905 he sailed for Paris to live in self-exile until 1941, when he returned to New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
22784
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walking-stick
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Wood, bone, silver, brass, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 6 x 1 1/4 in. ( 91.4 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Cane with tapered wooden shaft; L-shaped bone handle with silver collar; brass ferrule; plaque with inscription attached to shaft.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William Sulzer
Object Number:
1942.95
Marks:
engraved: on plaque: "Presented to/ Hon. Wm Sulzer/ BY/ CHARLOTTE SMITH/ on behalf of the Womans' Industrial League/ made from part of floor/ East Room, White House"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane was made from White House floor boards for the Hon. William Sulzer.
William Sulzer (1863-1941), nicknamed "Plain Bill", was the 39th governor of New York and a long-serving congressman for the state (1895-1912). In Congress, he was known as a Populist. Sulzer was elected governor in 1912 with the support of William Jennings Bryan, William Randolph Hearst, and Woodrow Wison, as well as the reform and Tammany factions of the state Democratic Party. He was the first and only New York State Governor to be impeached.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
22612
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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