Cane with "Gold" Head

Delabarre, Edward, 1822-1897
Men's accessories--1800s

3' ebony cane from pommel to tip. Ornately decorated 2 3/4" pommel, most likely made of brass. Tapered at the very tip for a rubber covering (missing). Given to Edward Delabarre upon his retirement from the Conway Manufacturing Company in 1892. See accession folder for correpspondence and newspaper clipping regarding the cane.

Unknown.

1892

Gift of Maria Elizabeth Aguas (1908-1977) (daughter of Edmund Burke Delabarre).

CHS.

CHS. Fair use.

CHS-1988-034

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Physical object.

CHS-1988-035

Conway, Mass.

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