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Walking Stick (cane)

Walking Stick (cane) (Acc. No. 79.00029.000)


Title Walking Stick (cane)
Artist/Maker Unidentified
Date 1862
Medium Ebony wood, gold, brass
Dimensions h. 35.50; diam. 1.5 in. (h. 90.2; diam. 3.8 cm)
Credit Line U.S. Senate Collection
Accession Number 79.00029.000


  • Object Description
  • On December 25, 1862, Assistant Doorkeeper Isaac Bassett's fellow employees presented him with this walking stick.
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
  • Inscription (head): Presented to Isaac Bassett / Assistant Doorkeeper / U.S. Senate by his Fellow Employees / Dec. 25th 1862
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