1973.2

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Details

ID Number

1973.2

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

personal gear

Item Name

cane

Date

1882

Materials

wood, ebony; metal, gold

Description

gold head; brass ferrule, steel tip; intricate engraving on head; scratched; ebony shaft; Temoignage d'amitie/presente a/ Mr. Ed. Boismier/ 6 1er Jan. 1882 inscribed on head

History

This cane was presented to Edouard Boismier, first mayor of the town of Sandwich on January 1st 1882. Edouard Boismier was a contemporary of Charles Baby, second son of the honourable Jacques Baby.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Baby, Charles person

Boismier, Edouard person

Boismier, Edward person

Costume / Costumes subject

Sandwich (Ont.) place

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