McClellan Family Carved Holly Walking Stick with Patriotic and Masonic Symbols United States, c. 1850 Intricate intaglio-carved motifs on upper third of the stick, the front with two variations on the U.S. Seal, an anchor, and a spray of columbine flowers, the back with an all-seeing eye over a compass rose, the McClellan Family coat of arms, and a Masonic square and compass, all over shaft skew-chiseled in an overlapping diamond pattern, refinished, overall wd. 2, ht. 36 in. Footnotes: Provenance Collection of Eddi Van Auken, California. The cane was purportedly owned by U.S. General George Brinton McClellan (1826-85), who organized the Army of the Potomac and briefly served as general-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War. Literature Illustrated in Vertical Art: The Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks (2008), cat. no. 174. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing