A remarkable collection of canes and sticks in the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead on the Wirral.
Although these canes have no great age – they are twentieth century – they have an interesting novelty value. my favourite is the one with the magnifying glass in the handle.
William Trautschold (1815 - 1877) “After a day’s beagling” – note all the canes
I've always been taken with the craftsmanship of canes....can't believe how many are here :)
ReplyDeletelove these canes, so many of the every day objects of the past have become art objects (I can't see our plastic measuring cup end up in a museum:) ).
ReplyDeleteSo very much Uncle Oswald!! (If you don't know what I'm on about, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Oswald)
ReplyDelete@jeannette: your plastic measuring cup is probably already part of some museum collection or other; see here: http://designmuseum.org/collection
ReplyDeleteI didn't know Uncle Oswald - sounds like a fun book. My son was kept amused for years by my reading Fanatstic Mr Fox to him.
ReplyDeleteI loved Roald Dahl's books when I was a kid, but discovered Uncle Oswald only in March of this year, and he very quickly became one of my favourite literary characters.
ReplyDeleteNow that has to be worth a visit when we are passing.
ReplyDeleteWe went beagling in the woods today, but kept the mutt on the lead so no rabbits were harmed in the exercise. We didn't have the required green coats though, which wikipedia says are required for proper beagling. Maybe next time!
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There is something so elegant and sophisticated about canes. The craftsmanship is sheer beauty. What a great collection to have seen on display.
ReplyDeleteMr. Jogglebury Crowdey would be delighted!
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