Piqué cane
Unknown Maker, English, 17th century
1691
Elephant ivory knob handle, silver collar, malacca shaft, replaced ferule.
Overall: 36 1/16 × 1 7/16 in. (91.6 × 3.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Judith D. and Charles H. Hood, Class of 1951
2016.36.10
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Personal Gear: Cane
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Initialed, in piqué, on top of knob handle: R G; dated, in pique, around top side of handle: 1691 Numbered, in ballpoint ink, on yellow self-adhesive round label on ferule: 75; numbered, in ballpoint ink on white rectangular self-adhesive label printed "BUYER'S NUMBER" on ferule: 43
Course History
Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023
Provenance
Collected by Charles H. and Judith D. Hood, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, date unknown; given to present collection, 2016
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