Green Glass Cane

Unidentified, Green Glass Cane, ca. 1870-1910, blown glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.18
Copied Unidentified, Green Glass Cane, ca. 1870-1910, blown glass, 49 x 5 x 1 3⁄4 in. (124.5 x 12.6 x 4.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.18
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Artwork Details

Title
Green Glass Cane
Artist
Unidentified
Date
ca. 1870-1910
Location
Dimensions
49 x 5 x 1 3⁄4 in. (124.5 x 12.6 x 4.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums
Mediums Description
blown glass
Classifications
Object Number
1986.65.18
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.65.18

Artwork Description

Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century glassblowers often made “glass whimsy” canes as a diversion from commercial production. They twisted, stretched, and blew colored glass to create decorative walking sticks that were too fragile to use (George Meyer, American Folk Art Canes, 1992).