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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Birmingham (made)

Cane of ebonised wood with a gold rondel and ferrule, possibly made of horn. The rondel is engraved on the side with the letters 'F.T.W.' and bears hallmarks.

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Categories	Woodwork Accessories Clothing Metalwork Fashion
Object type	Cane
Materials and techniques	Wood, gold, horn?, ebonised, carved, polished, engraved Wood Gold Horn Carving Ebonising Polishing Engraving
Brief description	A man's cane of ebonised wood with a gold rondel and horn? ferrule, Birmingham, 1900-1924
Physical description	Cane of ebonised wood with a gold rondel and ferrule, possibly made of horn. The rondel is engraved on the side with the letters 'F.T.W.' and bears hallmarks.
Dimensions	Length: 89.7cm Widest part of rondel circumference: 11.6cm
Marks and inscriptions	'F.T.W.' (Engraved on the shaft of the flattened knob, for donor's father Frederick Thomas Williams (1859-1943)) 'JH' [within a diamond] (Engraved on the shaft of the flattened knob, makers mark) '9' [within a square with cut edges] (Engraved on the shaft of the flattened knob) '.375' [within a square with cut edges] (Engraved on the shaft of the flattened knob, for gold) Anchor sideways, within a square with cut edges (Engraved on the shaft of the flattened knob) 'C' [within a square with cut edges] (Engraved on the shaft of the flattened knob)
Credit line	Given by Miss Winifred Williams
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.89-1965

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O357659/cane-unknown/

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