Walking stick

A walking stick with a bone handle carved with studs, a metal ferrule and collar. The stick is decorated with naval scenes drawn in ink and varnished over as follows: Nelson's coat of arms, 'Ben Brace', 'The Victory', an anchor, 'Blackbeard the Pirate', 'The Lion' (a ship), 'Capt Falkner', 'The Blenheim' (a ship), 'The death of Nelson', 'Adm De Winter delivering up his sd to Adm Duncan', The Mediator' (a ship), 'Homeward Bound' (a sailor). A perforation for a cord near the handle with a brass mount. The item dates from after the publication of 'Ben Brace, the last of Nelson's Agamemnon's' by Frederick Chamier (London, 1836).

Object Details

ID: AAA0071
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Walking stick
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Blenheim (1813); Lion (1777) Mediator 1804 Victory (1765)
Date made: 1836-60
People: Duncan, Adam; Winter, Jan Willem de Teach, Captain Edward Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 970 x 20 mm