Cane

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Object Name: 
Cane
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
94.7.6
Dimensions: 
L: 90.4 cm, D(head): 3.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1859
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howell E. Russell
Primary Description: 
Brown, gold, maple or cherry wood, gold; hand made. Cylindrical wooden cane with gold head engraved with scrolls and "G.L. MITCHELL,/from/the workmen/ in the cutting/department/of the/N.E.G.CO./FEB. 16, 1859".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Russell, Mrs. Howell E., Former Collection
1994-09-22
Russell, Howell E., Former Collection
1994-09-22
Color: 
Brown, gold
brown
Technique: 
Hand Made
Inscription: 
G.L. MITCHELL,/from/the workmen/ in the cutting/department/of the/N.E.G.CO./FEB. 16, 1859
Inscription
: 
Engraved

Exhibitions (1)

Glass of the Sultans
Venue(s)
Benaki Museum
Corning Museum of Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art