Cane Top
1851 (made)
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Cane head in the form of a cylinder with a closed top, in iron damascened in gold with vines and moresques
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Iron damascened with gold |
| Brief description | Iron damascened in gold, by Joseph Roucou, Paris, 1851; bought by the Museum from the Great Exhibition of 1851 for £1.10s. |
| Physical description | Cane head in the form of a cylinder with a closed top, in iron damascened in gold with vines and moresques |
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| Historical context | Roucou exhibited works at The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in 1851. The 'Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes Into Which the Exhibition Was Divided' published in 1852, recorded his award-winning gold and silver inlaid pieces: "Inlaid Works in Metal: J. Roucou (1689, p. 1257). Different kinds of arms, such as pistols, inlaid with gold and silver ornaments, in very refined taste, and executed with rare mastery of hand. Prize Medal." |
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| Accession number | 170-1851 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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