Umbrella Finial

Date1820-1840

MediumBone, wood, copper alloy

DimensionsOverall: 3/4 × 3 in (1.9 × 7.62cm)

Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Price and Mrs. Sally Price Wood

Object number2025-27 (X)

DescriptionFound in a leather document box (1975-156). The broken bone finial of an umbrella. The bone has been turned and carved into shape. There was probably once a fine brass bail at the end which is now missing. Pieces of the wood that it was attached to are still located in the bottom.Label TextUmbrellas often were made with various materials. Brass, iron pins, baleen ribs, and bone or ivory finials. This finial was found in a box within the collection broken off its umbrella at somepoint within its history.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenanceBelieved to have descended in the family of Col. John Stuart, Stuart Manor, Lewisburg, West Virginia. Possible line of descent: Col. John Stuart (1749-1823) and Agatha Lewis Stuart (1753-1836) to son Lewis Stuart (1777-1855); to daughter Jane Stuart Price (1810-1871); to son Samuel Lewis Price (1850-1930); to daughters Sally Price Wood (1886-1981) and Mary Price (1890-1981).