"Ferrymen of the State Camp" 1892 Walking Stick

American Late Victorian Walking Stick with 1892 "FERRYMEN" dedication;

the tapered stick is ebonized rosewood,
the knob, ornately patterned, yellow gold on brass, 1-1/4" diameter x 2-1/4"long, is hand engraved :

" PRESENTED TO
O. WARD *
BY THE FERRYMEN OF THE STATE CAMP
AUGUST 1ST 1892"

"Ferrymen of the State Camp" (Westchester County, New York); in the American Revolution, organization of Continental Army Soldiers detailed as watermen and boat handlers transporting troops and heavy artillery across the river; by 1898, a major mobilization and training camp for state militia troops heading to the Spanish American War


Provenance : presented Owen Ward "of Glebe Street" according to family research; inherited through a local family with old Ward family roots in Westchester County, New York;
Condition : sound and original, with visible wear to the gold on the knob and to black on the stick

Overall Length : 35”, terminating in original/period turned brass collared steel ferrule

# wrd 26101 .................................................... $ 325.