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Object Timeline

1901

  • Work on this object ended.

1948

  • We acquired this object.

2025

  • You found it!

Whip Whip, 19th century

This is a whip. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is silver, wood, hide. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Its dimensions are

L x W (base of handle): 56.7 × 8 cm (22 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.) L x W x D (End of handle and whip): 52.5 × 18.5 × 4 cm (20 11/16 × 7 5/16 × 1 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

At the bottom of handle, above the lobed base: [1] "B" under a crown, impressed (import mark, possibly Dutch) At the top of the bottom half of handle: [1] "STERLING", standard mark

Cite this object as

Whip Whip, 19th century; silver, wood, hide; L x W (base of handle): 56.7 × 8 cm (22 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.) L x W x D (End of handle and whip): 52.5 × 18.5 × 4 cm (20 11/16 × 7 5/16 × 1 9/16 in.); 1948-41-1

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