Warham Parks Silver Capped Cane

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Rare Dozen of Historic Fine Canes

By Kimball Sterling

Dec 12, 2024

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  Silver capped cane with engraved personalization on the handle: 'Warham Parks 1895'. Parks enlisted in the Wisconsin volunteer infantry during the Civil War and rose to the rank of Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel at discharge. He then studied law and served as a city postmaster appointed by several Presidents. The Wisconsin Governor appointed him to the position of Judge of the Thirteen Judicial Circuit Court in 1895. It is noteworthy that Judge Parks' grandmother was the daughter of Nathaniel Gorham, a deputy from Massachusetts to the Constitutional Convention after the Revolutionary War and was a signer of the Constitution. His namesake grandfather was an officer in the Revolutionary Army, and died of wounds at the Battle of Saratoga while acting as aide to George Washington. The present cane's straight-up silver handle with the aforementioned engraved identification is 1 7/8" tall, and is stamped Sterling just above the incorporated ring collar. The shaft is a light-colored malacca, which ends with a 2" long horn ferrule. O. L. of the cane is 34 7/8".

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