Cane

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Cane

Entry/Object ID

CW 6077

Description

Cane. Ivory or bone pistol grip handle. Silver ferrule. Wooden shaft with eyelet for wrist cord and metal finial. Silver plate fixed to wooden shaft reading "Dr. W. Dunton." Scratched on silver ferrule: "W. Rush." Etched on ivory handle: "1757 William Rush 1833."

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1800

Provenance

Notes

William Rush likely refers to famous 18th-century American sculptor from Philadelphia.