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Cane Handle (possibly India)
This is a Cane handle. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1949. Its medium is wood, inlaid silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
De Forest and others collected bidri ware for the Western market, where stylish cane handles were popular. Bidri, a technique exclusive to Bidar, India, involved the inlaying of intricate silver into a blackened zinc alloy. In these cane handles, dark wood replaces the alloy for a similar appearance.
This object was
donated by
Anonymous.
It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- Imitation Meissen Cane Handles Cane Handles
- porcelain, vitreous enamel.
- Gift of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt.
- 1931-44-13-a,b
- Cane Handle (possibly India)
- wood, inlaid silver.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1949-151-8
- Flag Cane
- H x diam.: 87.9 x 3.9 cm (34 5/8 x 1 9/16 in.).
- Gift of John B. Scholz in memory of Walter Scholz.
- 1987-97-11-a,b
Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Knife (England), ca. 1610
- steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone.
- The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
- 1985-103-87
- Bracelet (India)
- gold, enamel, garnets.
- Gift of H.H. Princess Niloufer of Turkey and Hyderabad.
- 1994-119-6
- Famous Actresses Cane
- carved and polychromed wood, silver, steel.
- Gift of John B. Scholz in memory of Walter Scholz.
- 1987-97-12
Its dimensions are
L x W x D: 6.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm (2 9/16 in. × 1 3/8 in. × 1 in.)
Cite this object as
Cane Handle (possibly India); wood, inlaid silver; L x W x D: 6.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm (2 9/16 in. × 1 3/8 in. × 1 in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor; 1949-151-9
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Passion for the Exotic: Lockwood de Forest, Frederic Church.
