State Department Cane

 c. 1861

A gift to William Henry Seward when he was Secretary of State from a Mr. Cox.  This cane, on display in the Diplomat Gallery, was a gift to William Henry Seward when he was Secretary of State from a Mr. Cox. It is made of mahogany with a highly polished marble handle and a brass band with an inscription that reads “Carved from the handrail of the old State Dept. for Wm. H. Seward.”