Walking Stick
1700-1750 (made)
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The stick is spermwhale ivory and bone, carved with leaves, spiral and geometric designs in sections and inlaid with silver. The stick bears a small gilt shield with the initials R S A. The ivory rondel is two pieces screwed together, with tortoiseshell inlaid at the top. There is a narrow silver ring between rondel and stick, and two silver eyelets. The ferrule is a modern replacement of brass.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Spermwhale ivory and bone, carved, turned and inlaid with silver, ivory carved and inlaid with tortoiseshell. |
| Brief description | A man's stick, English 1700-1750, of carved and inlaid spermwhale ivory and bone stick with two silver eyelets, tortoiseshell, modern ferrule |
| Physical description | The stick is spermwhale ivory and bone, carved with leaves, spiral and geometric designs in sections and inlaid with silver. The stick bears a small gilt shield with the initials R S A. The ivory rondel is two pieces screwed together, with tortoiseshell inlaid at the top. There is a narrow silver ring between rondel and stick, and two silver eyelets. The ferrule is a modern replacement of brass. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | R W A (On gilt-brass shield, now detached from narwhal horn) |
| Object history | The carving is probably the work of a crewman on a whaling vessel. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.271-1960 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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