Carved Teak Walking Stick Commemorating S.S. Wairarapa Wreck
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An historic carved teak walking stick with silver ferrule engraved with commemorative inscription for the wreck of the S.S. Wairarapa on Great Barrier Island 1894 with the loss of 137 lives, Presumably made with salvaged teak, the intricate carving incorporates 'sailor's knot' designs at the top above a section of chevrons and the shaft entirely carved with a trellis of intaglio pyramids. Surmounted by a silver cap monogrammed JAB, length 4 cm.
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- Intaglio - A term used to define a method of decoration most common in glassmaking and jewellery which involves engraving, carving or moulding an image into the background, leaving an impression, and leaving the top surface of the item flat, the opposite to relief carving, and also know as counter-relief.
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