Record ID: SWYOR-DD5167
Object type: WALKING STICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy handle probably from a cane or walking stick, or perhaps from a parasol dating from the post medieval period. It is 72.4mm long, and 29mm in diameter. The handle is pommel like and is shaped like an inverted elongated teardrop. It has a flattened top with a central moulded decorative design which is illegible. The main body is decorated with circumferential grooves but where the neck tapers there is foliage decoration with some hatched areas. The handle is hollow and the neck is open. There are two internal rough projections, and surviving inside the handle is a piece of…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-78BD45
Object type: WALKING STICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver probable walking cane ferrule dating from the eighteenth century. The ferrule is made from very thin sheet silver and has a stamped design in relief of scrolls and rope work round a border along one edge, and foliage on the rest of the object. The ferrule is sub-rectangular and has rectangular tabs along the edge beyond the border. That edge is convex as if originally fixed to a tapering object. The other edges are straight but damaged and it is not clear if the object is complete. It measures 44.9mm long, 29.1mm wide and 0.4mm thick. The silver is tarnished and is mostly grey…
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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