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CIRCA 1854, CUT FROM TREE OUTSIDE LORD RAGLAN'S HEADQUARTERS IN THE CRIMEA
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AN APPLEWOOD WALKING STICK
CIRCA 1854, CUT FROM TREE OUTSIDE LORD RAGLAN'S HEADQUARTERS IN THE CRIMEA
With white-metal plaque engraved INKERMANN NOVR 5. 1854, inscribed twice 3074; together with another walking stick, probably Indian, made from discs of horn with a silver-plated handle
The first: 37 in. (94 cm.) high
CIRCA 1854, CUT FROM TREE OUTSIDE LORD RAGLAN'S HEADQUARTERS IN THE CRIMEA
With white-metal plaque engraved INKERMANN NOVR 5. 1854, inscribed twice 3074; together with another walking stick, probably Indian, made from discs of horn with a silver-plated handle
The first: 37 in. (94 cm.) high
Provenance
The first: Acquired by Lord Raglan whilst in the Crimea, after the Battle of Inkerman, 5 November 1854.
Deposited with the Royal United Service Institution by Lt. Col. George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan, between 1895 and 1908; removed by Major FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, in October 1952.
Deposited with the Royal United Service Institution by Lt. Col. George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan, between 1895 and 1908; removed by Major FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, in October 1952.
Literature
Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Leetham, Official Catalogue of the Royal United Service Museum, Whitehall, S.W., 3rd Edition, 1908, p. 204, no. 3074; and subsequent editions; as 'Stick, cut from the apple tree which stood in front of Lord Raglan's Headquarters in the Crimea. Orderlies horses were frequently picqueted to the tree'.
Brought to you by
Katharine Cooke
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