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Bamboo walking stick
Bamboo walking cane without a ferule or a head. Said to have belonged to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). With a note: 'Given by Nelson to his secretary [John] Scott who bequeathed at to his son Rev. Scott, Vicar of Tewkesbury who gave it to his curate Rev. Robert Fowler whose wife left it to her great nephew BND [Lt. Cdr Basil N. Downie].
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0128 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Walking stick |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1805 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Scott, Reverend Fowler, Robert Downie, Basil Nugent Scott, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 873 mm; Diameter: 26 mm |