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Walking stick

Walking stick

about 1704
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueBeech, ivory, silver, brass, iron
DimensionsOverall: 84.8 cm (33 3/8 in.)
Credit LineSamuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession number1978.393
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWood Carvings / Turnings
Collections
Inscriptions"Iohn Billing 1704" (engraved on silver band between handle and shaft)
ProvenanceBy tradition, originally belonged to John Billing, an innkeeper of Watertown or Roxbury, Massachusetts, whose name is engraved on the ferrule; descended in his family to Percival Gilbert of Boston; purchased from Mr Gilbert in 1978.