Walking-stick harmonica, C
Date1890 ca.
Place MadeFrance, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on handle: 800
Stamped on handle: A
DescriptionIn the mid-to-late 19th and early 20th centuries, many styles of walking sticks were produced with instruments built in, like this walking stick harmonica. The handle is silver and has blow-only reeds. The stick is ebonized wood with a brass ferrule at the lower end.
DimensionsLength of cane: 914 mm
Length of Harmonica: 95 mm
Width of Harmonica: 19.8 mm
ProvenancePurchased by donor, October 1996.
Credit LineAlan G. Bates Collection, 2000
Object number08949
On View
Not on view1800-1835 ca.