Stick, Sword
Production date
Circa 1920s
Description
A Toledo sword stick / cane with a narrow steel blade decorated with floriate decoration. " TOLEDO" is also marked on the blade. The stick is finished in varnished, light coloured wood with a bone tip.
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Object detail
Production date
Circa 1920s
Production place
Subject person
Credit line
This
sword
stick
was
bought
by
John
Brodie,
who
wrote
using
the
nom-de-plume
John
Guthrie,
while
he
was
working
as
journalist
in
London
during
the
1920s.
He
carried
it
for
protection
as
he
walked
through
'unsavoury'
parts
of
London
in
the
early
hours
of
the
morning
after
the
paper
was
'put
to
bed'.
He
never
had
cause
to
use
it,
and
gifted
it
to
his
friend
Ralph
Ward
of
Taupō
some
time
in
the
1930s.
For
more
information
on
John
Brodie
see
the
Puke
Ariki
Taranaki
Story
by
Rhonda
Bartle.
http://pukeariki.com/Research/TaranakiResearchCentre/TaranakiStories/TaranakiStory/id/105/title/john-brodie-new-plymouths-neglected-author.aspx
Accession number
PA2012.002
Collection type
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