19th Century Jacob Haish Wire Cane bass MM - C-10449 - 082224

MM - C-10449 - 082224

This piece features a carved mahogany frame with scrolled armrests

Shade measures 7" in diameter

JM - 080822 - 104794

19th Century Jacob Haish Wire Cane bass MM - C-10449 - 082224c. 1850s 1860s; Jacob Haish Manufacturing Co. Dekalb, IL Antique promotional cane or walking stick crafted from heavy fence wire. This piece advertises Jacob Haish's wire company, one of the original inventors of barbed wire in the 19th century United States. Haish, an immigrant from Grand Duchy of Baden, or Baden Palatinate, a former state of Germany along the Rhine. After coming to America, he settled in Dekalb and made a name for himself, along