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 viewClassificationsWood Carvings / Turnings
Collections
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.
about 1880–1900
18th century
about 1880–90
about 1880s
about 1700
