Collection Highlights
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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Walking-stick
Object Number:
1916.13
Date:
1836-1860
Medium:
Wood, bone, silver, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 87.3 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
engraving: on top of handle: "A T Reed"
engraving: on shaft: "Com. O.H. Perry's Victory/Lake Erie. Sept. 10th AD. 1813."
engraving: on shaft: "We have met the enemy/and they are ours"
engraving: on shaft: "Taken from the flag ship/Lawrence, March 5th A
Description:
Cane with tapered straight shaft and irregular bone knob handle with a silver plaque on top; short faceted section with three silver plaques with inscriptions; silver eyelet and collar; long metal ferrule, metal band near the ferrule.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane was used by Abijah Reed.
Credit Line:
Gift of Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
