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PAIR GOLD CANES/ c. 1898 / PRESENTATION PIECES browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Instruments and Implements:Walking Sticks: Pre 1900: item # 984072 Please refer to our stock # Pair1898Gold when inquiring.
Shelton Gallery and Fine Silver 5133 Harding Road B-10, PMB #392 Nashville TN 37205 (615) 477-6221 Guest Book $3000 |
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| These two circa 1898 gold-topped presentation walking sticks are sold as a set. The first one, engraved "C.G. Leonhardt on his 68th Birthday From the Aurora Lodge No. 633 FAM Aug. 5, 1830", belonged to Christian Gottlieb Leonhardt (Aug. 5, 1830-Jan. 16, 1910) who emigrated from Germany, first to Jefferson, IN where he was a teacher and later to Louisville, KY where he was described in later census records simply as a "capitalist". The stick has a 14K (tested) handle measuring 2-3/4 inches long x 1-5/8 in. in diameter. The shaft, which could be ebony but may be ebonized, tapers from one inch and terminates in a 1-1/2 inch metal tip. Overall length is 36-3/8 inches. Leonhardt was superintendant of the German P.E. Orphan Asylum, which later became the Brooklawn Home for Children in Louisville. His wife was the matron of the home. He came to Louisville in 1857, she in 1850, and they married in 1858. They had six children, four of whom survived. Leonhardt has a similar cane made for his wife, D. Katherina Haffendorfer, aka Kate (Mar. 30, 1834-July 6, 1918). Their daughter Clara married Charles P. Brecher, co-founder of the Burdorf-Brecher Co. That organization split into two entities which are still in business in Louisville today, as Burdorf's Furnishings & Flooring and Brecher Lighting Co. Kate's stick has a 9K gold knob handle measuring 1-3/4 inches in length x 1-3/8 inches in diameter. There is no engraving on the handle. The 7/8 thick tapering ebony or ebonized shaft has a 1-1/2-inch metal tip. There is documentation which will be included with this most interesting pair of presentation walking sticks that belonged to a husband and his wife. | |||||||||||||
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