{"id":2120,"date":"2019-04-25T11:41:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T09:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hakaora.com\/?page_id=2120"},"modified":"2020-08-12T18:09:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T16:09:48","slug":"anecdotes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hakaora.com\/en\/anecdotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned man's canes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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La canne d’Honor\u00e9 de Balzac – The cane of Honor\u00e9 de Balzac<\/h4>\n

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Ann\u00e9e 1834, Honor\u00e9 de Balzac vient de publier Eug\u00e9nie Grandet. Ses livres se vendent comme des petits pains. Pourtant la critique est f\u00e9roce. Un grand \u00e9crivain? Pour parfaire sa panoplie, Balzac se fait fabriquer une canne. Tous les Dandys en ont une. Mais l’homme de lettres, petit et gros, a bien conscience de ne pas \u00eatre un arbitre des \u00e9l\u00e9gances. Alors sa canne sera \u00e9norme et son pommeau (on dit qu’il gardait \u00e0 l’int\u00e9rieur les cheveux de sa maitresse) sera serti de turquoises. Frissons dans le tout-Paris, on ne parle plus que de la \u00ab\u00a0massue\u00a0\u00bb de l’\u00e9crivain ! Il y fait m\u00eame apposer un blason d’une famille Balzac issue de la noblesse – lui est fils de paysans. Peu importe les ricanements, Honor\u00e9 de Balzac poursuivra son oeuvre, arborant tel un roi son sceptre, qu’il conservera toute sa vie.(source : \u00e7a m’int\u00e9resse – f\u00e9vrier – avril 2019)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Year 1834, Honor\u00e9 de Balzac just published Eug\u00e9nie Grandet. His books are flying off dealer lots. Yet criticism is fierce. A great writer? To improve\u00a0 its appearance, Balzac buy a cane specially made for him. All Dandies have one. But the man of letters, big and small, is well aware of not being an arbiter of elegance. Then his cane will be huge and his pommel (it is said that he kept inside the hair of his mistress) will be set with turquoises. Shivers in all Paris, we speak only of the \u00ab\u00a0massive piece of wood\u00a0\u00bb of the writer! He even places a coat of arms of a Balzac family from the nobility – he is the son of peasants. Regardless of the sneers, Honor\u00e9 de Balzac will continue his work, wearing like a king his scepter, which he will keep his whole life. (source: \u00e7a m\u2019int\u00e9resse – February – April 2019)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Source : vente Claude Aguttes (Paris le 28\/5\/19)<\/b><\/p>\n

Lot n\u00b065<\/b><\/p>\n

Estimation :<\/b> 100\u00a0000 – 120\u00a0000\u00a0\u20ac<\/p>\n

CANNE DE NAPOL\u00c9ON \u00c0 SAINTE-H\u00c9L\u00c8NE<\/p>\n

R\u00e9alis\u00e9e par un artisan anonyme chinois de Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne.<\/p>\n

Canne en dent de narval, munie d’un pommeau plat sculpt\u00e9 \u00e0 huit pans et d’un oeilleton de passage de dragonne. Manche \u00e0 quatre faces incrust\u00e9es de losanges de bois noirci. Dans le prolongement du manche, une baguette de 18,5 cm cannel\u00e9e en spirale, imite un rostre de narval.<\/p>\n

La pi\u00e8ce s’encastre dans le corps de la canne. Ce corps est ajour\u00e9 en partie sup\u00e9rieure, laissant appara\u00eetre la baguette une fois rang\u00e9e, puis se prolonge en forme de colonne cannel\u00e9e, rudent\u00e9e et torsad\u00e9e \u00e0 la pointe.<\/p>\n

Longueur totale: 92 cm. Quelques petits manques.<\/p>\n

Pi\u00e8ce unique et majeure de l’histoire<\/p>\n

Napol\u00e9onienne.<\/p>\n

Quelques accidents et manques (dont la f\u00e9rule). Restaurations au niveau de la baguette ainsi qu’en son milieu.<\/p>\n

PROVENANCE Victor-Andr\u00e9e Massena<\/p>\n

Collection de la Famille Adler<\/p>\n

Withehall Museum de Londres (ferm\u00e9 en 1962\/1963)<\/p>\n

Monsieur Ren\u00e9 Johnson<\/p>\n

Monsieur Steff<\/p>\n

Collection Lejeune<\/p>\n

Monsieur A.<\/p>\n

HISTORIQUE Ainsi que nous l’avons rappel\u00e9, une petite communaut\u00e9 chinoise, envoy\u00e9e par la Compagnie des Indes, r\u00e9sidait sur l’\u00eele de Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne afin d’en assurer le bon fonctionnement. Parmi ces exil\u00e9s, figuraient d’anciens cuisiniers, des paysans mais aussi des artisans.<\/p>\n

Ces derniers r\u00e9alis\u00e8rent plusieurs ouvrages pour Napol\u00e9on: certains sont modestes – comme la petite bo\u00eete \u00e0 th\u00e9 de l’Empereur et sa grande voli\u00e8re – d’autres, au contraire, constituent de v\u00e9ritables oeuvres d’art, \u00e0 l’instar de la canne que nous pr\u00e9sentons.<\/p>\n

Cette canne \u00e0 syst\u00e8me en rostre de narval, ou licorne des mers, fonctionne au moyen d’une baguette escamotable, solidaire du pommeau.<\/p>\n

La baguette avait pour but de pointer les cartes.<\/p>\n

Elle constitue donc un symbole tr\u00e8s fort, indissociable du grand homme et de son brillant parcours militaire. On imagine tout \u00e0 fait l’Empereur, au moment de la r\u00e9daction du M\u00e9morial de Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne, raconter au comte de Las Cases les mouvements de ses troupes, tout en pointant sur une carte les zones qu’il avait autrefois conquises ou pour lesquelles il avait eu des vell\u00e9it\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Les chinois de Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne<\/p>\n

En 1810, trois ans apr\u00e8s l’abolition de la traite n\u00e9gri\u00e8re dans l’Empire britannique, le colonel Patton, alors gouverneur de Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne, fit venir sur l’\u00eele une main-d’oeuvre chinoise destin\u00e9e \u00e0 remplacer la force de travail des esclaves.<\/p>\n

Celle-ci, recrut\u00e9e dans les comptoirs de la Compagnie des Indes orientales, se composait d’agriculteurs, d’\u00e9leveurs, de menuisiers, de ma\u00e7ons et de tailleurs de pierre. Extr\u00eamement \u00ablaborieuse et industrieuse\u00bb, selon les mots du colonel, elle regroupa bient\u00f4t plusieurs centaines d’employ\u00e9s contractuels, qui percevaient un modeste salaire annuel de 28 livres sterling[1].<\/p>\n

Quelques-uns de ces travailleurs immigr\u00e9s entr\u00e8rent au service de Napol\u00e9on.<\/p>\n

Les \u00e9crits de Louis-Joseph Marchand et du mamelouk Ali, fid\u00e8les domestiques de l’Empereur, livrent de pr\u00e9cieuses informations sur la nature de leurs activit\u00e9s quotidiennes \u00e0 Longwood. Les chinois furent affect\u00e9s \u00e0 de multiples t\u00e2ches, occupant tour \u00e0 tour les postes de jardiniers, menuisiers, voire cuisiniers. De nombreux cuisiniers, tous fort m\u00e9diocres, se succ\u00e9d\u00e8rent aux fourneaux de Longwood. Aussi n’\u00e9tait-il pas rare qu’\u00e0 la suite d’un renvoi du ma\u00eetre-queue ou de sa d\u00e9mission subite, les domestiques chinois prissent le relais durant quelques mois, servant \u00e0 la table de l’Empereur des plats traditionnels de leur pays – que ce dernier, para\u00eet-il, n’appr\u00e9ciait pas toujours!<\/p>\n

\u00c0 l’exception de ces interludes culinaires, les chinois oeuvr\u00e8rent essentiellement aux am\u00e9nagements ext\u00e9rieurs de la r\u00e9sidence de l’Empereur. On sait ainsi qu’ils particip\u00e8rent activement aux grands travaux paysagers qu’initia Napol\u00e9on en 1819, pour se distraire de ses ge\u00f4liers. Les nouveaux jardins achev\u00e9s, deux domestiques chinois en prirent soin quotidiennement, recevant, en plus de leurs collations, 30 shillings par mois de la part de l’Empereur. \u00c0 la demande de ce dernier, ils y install\u00e8rent une grande voli\u00e8re[2] de bambous, couronn\u00e9e d’une aigle et d\u00e9cor\u00e9e de motifs traditionnels chinois. Sur les parois d’une petite grotte artificielle qu’on avait m\u00e9nag\u00e9e dans une partie basse du jardin, ils sculpt\u00e8rent \u00e9galement de belles boiseries \u00e0 motifs de dragons et d’oiseaux[3].<\/p>\n

Dans ses M\u00e9moires, Marchand souligne le talent de ces artisans. Parlant de l’un d’eux, il \u00e9crit: \u00abParmi les Chinois, il y en avait un dans l’\u00eele qui sculptait avec go\u00fbt et \u00e9tait menuisier de son \u00e9tat. L’Empereur t\u00e9moigna le d\u00e9sir que M. de Montholon lui fit faire un kiosque chinois dans un endroit du jardin qu’il d\u00e9signa lui-m\u00eame […], pour pouvoir de l\u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir la mer et se retirer de temps en temps[4]\u00bb. Sans doute est-ce \u00e0 ce m\u00eame sculpteur de qualit\u00e9 que Napol\u00e9on commanda sa fameuse canne en rostre de narval? Cette derni\u00e8re constitue, en tous les cas, un t\u00e9moignage rare et pr\u00e9cieux du travail des artisans chinois \u00e0 Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne. Reconnaissant de leurs services, l’Empereur n’oublia d’ailleurs pas de les faire figurer dans son testament, \u00e0 la suite de ses proches et fid\u00e8les.<\/p>\n

[1]Ces informations sont tir\u00e9es du livre de Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, Chroniques de Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne: Atlantique sud, Paris, Perrin, 2011, chapitre 41.<\/p>\n

[2]De nos jours, cette voli\u00e8re est conserv\u00e9e au mus\u00e9e-h\u00f4tel Bertrand de Ch\u00e2teauroux, o\u00f9 elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 remont\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

[3] Gilbert Martineau, La vie quotidienne \u00e0 Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne au temps de Napol\u00e9on, Paris, Tallandier, 2005.<\/p>\n

[4] Louis-Joseph Marchand, M\u00e9moires de Marchand, premier valet de chambre et ex\u00e9cuteur testamentaire de l’Empereur \u00e0 Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne, Paris, Tallandier, 1991, p. 266.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Source : HENRY ALDRIDGE & SON LIMITED<\/b><\/p>\n

(Devizes<\/strong> le 19\/10\/19)<\/b><\/p>\n

Lot n\u00b0263<\/b><\/p>\n

Estimation :<\/b> 80 000 – 120 000 \u00a3<\/p>\n

Adjug\u00e9e le 19\/10\/19 pour la somme de 85 000 \u00a3 soit 105 400 \u00a3 charges incluses.<\/p>\n

R.M.S. TITANIC: One of the most important three dimensional Titanic artifacts ever offered for auction, survivor Ella White’s historic walking cane.
\u00ab\u00a0We only had 22 in our boat… Then we turned and went back, and lingered around there for a long time, trying to locate the other boats, but we could not locate them except by hearing them. The only way they could locate us was by my electric lamp. The lamp on the boat was absolutely worth nothing. They tinkered with it all along, but they could not get it in shape. I had an electric cane – a cane with an electric light in it – and that was the only light we had. We sat there for a long time, and we saw the ship go down, distinctly.\u00a0\u00bb
These were the words of Mrs. J. Stuart (Ella) White on Day 12 of the U.S. Senate Inquiry into the Titanic disaster in response to a question from Senator Alden Smith.
A Titanic survivor, Mrs. White made her way during the chaos of the night into a lifeboat, carrying her black enamelled walking stick complete with an amber coloured Bakelite, battery-illuminated crown. Walter Lord, in his seminal book \u00ab\u00a0A Night to Remember\u00a0\u00bb, wrote that while Mrs. White did not help row No. 8, she nevertheless appointed herself a sort of signalman. She had a cane with a built in electric light, and during most of the night she waved it fiercely about, \u00ab\u00a0alternatively helping and confusing everyone.\u00a0\u00bb
She was born on December 18th, 1856. A New Yorker, she had been travelling through Europe and was headed back to New York by way of the Titanic’s maiden voyage. During her travels, she injured her foot causing her to use a cane to support her balance. At the American Inquiry, Senator Smith asked her if she experienced any problem in getting into the lifeboat. She replied, in part:
\u2026They handled me very carefully, because I could hardly step. They lifted me in very carefully and very nicely… As I said, my condition was such that I had to be handled rather carefully\u2026
White boarded the ship in Cherbourg with her maid and man servant and her travelling companion, Marie Young, with whom she stayed in First-Class cabin C-32 where she remained for most of the voyage. She and Young had acquired live poultry to bring back to New York. Referring to the impact with the iceberg, White stated, \u00ab\u00a0there did not seem to me that there was any very great impact at all. It was just as though we went over about a thousand marbles. There was nothing terrifying about it at all.\u00a0\u00bb When she came on deck she found other passengers casually standing about. It wasn’t until she heard the order to put on life preservers that she comprehended the magnitude of the situation.
White boarded lifeboat 8 along with her maid and Miss Young. Other occupants of the lifeboat included Ellen Bird, maid to Ida Straus, the Countess of Rothes and Mary Alice Holverson, the wife of Titanic victim Alexander Oskar Holverson.
In 2017, Henry Aldridge & Son auctioned an unposted letter written by Mr. Holverson to his mother on Titanic stationery which had been retrieved from his body. It sold for a world record sum. It is fitting that we now offer the electric cane that was in the lifeboat with his wife.
According to White, her electric cane saved the day by filling in for the defective lifeboat lamps which were \u00ab\u00a0absolutely worth nothing.\u00a0\u00bb However, not everyone that night agreed with White’s characterization of her cane’s usefulness. In his book, \u00ab\u00a0Titanic and Other Ships\u00a0\u00bb, senior surviving officer Charles Lightoller had this to say about it: \u00ab\u00a0\u2026more than could be said of one very good lady who achieved fame by waiving an electric light and successfully blinding us as we worked on the boats. It puzzled me until I found she had it installed in the head of her walking stick. I am afraid she was rather disappointed on finding out that her precious light was not a bit appreciated. Arriving in safety on board the Carpathia, she tried to make out that someone had stolen her wretched stick, whereas it had been merely taken from her, in response to my request that someone would throw the damn thing overboard.\u00a0\u00bb
Thus, it was not in the lifeboat alone that White wielded her electric light, but on the deck of Titanic as well, \u00ab\u00a0successfully blinding\u00a0\u00bb the crewmen as they were attempting to lower the boats! So annoying was her cane that Lightoller had it taken from her when she arrived on Carpathia. White’s self-serving testimony about the benefits of her cane may have been presumptuous at best. According to Lightoller it didn’t help the crew, it blinded them. It was apparently fortunate for the crew working the boats that lifeboat 8 was the second to be lowered on the port side. Another claim to fame for lifeboat 8 is that it was the boat Isidor and Ida Straus had been invited to enter along with Ida’s maid. No doubt close by, the Strauses may have likewise been blinded by White’s cane.
This lot is a sight to behold. The black enamelled walking stick with rubber base is visually contrasted by its amber coloured bakelite, battery-illuminated crown containing a clear bulb. The cane is approximately 35\u00bdins. long with a diameter of about 1\u00bcins.\u00a0\u00bb It is in beautiful condition, obviously owing to its relatively short but historically significant use until White was well enough to walk without it.
Oddly enough, for all that White had hoped to achieve with her electric cane, lifeboat 8 had ventured the farthest from the scene, in the opposite direction of Carpathia, and eventually had to make its way back from whence it came.
Henry Aldridge and Son is honoured to be able to offer this historic cane which had been in White’s family for the past 107 years. Its historic significance coupled with its visual allure is unrivalled. One of only a handful of three dimensional items to have survived that was used on Titanic, a lifeboat, the Carpathia and on the dock in New York. It is recounted in various places including the U.S. Inquiry at which the Chairman of the special subcommittee, himself, inquired about it, in Walter Lord’s book \u00ab\u00a0A Night to Remember\u00a0\u00bb, Charles Lightoller’s seminal autobiography \u00ab\u00a0Titanic and Other Ships\u00a0\u00bb and more recently in Michael Davie’s book \u00ab\u00a0Titanic – The Death and Life of a Legend\u00a0\u00bb.
Whether the cane saved the day as White believed or caused confusion as Lightoller wrote in his book, we are unaware of any other passenger artefact that directly played a role in the events of that night in such a way. An unparalleled artefact with exceptional provenance worthy of a fine museum collection.
The lot is accompanied by a copy of United States District Court Hearing \u00ab\u00a0Claim of Ella Holmes White,\u00a0\u00bb excerpts from a copy of Michael Davie’s book referenced above and the original notarized affidavit from Ella White’s family outlining the history of the cane.
Provenance: The family of Ella White; Titanic Museum Attraction, the world’s largest Titanic museum in Pigeon Forge (see photo below) where the cane was on display until 4th October 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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THE PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART WALKING CANE,18TH CENTURY<\/b><\/p>\n

Lyon & Turnbull Auction : 12\/08\/20<\/p>\n

Estimation : 10 000 – 20 000 \u00a3<\/p>\n

Hammer Price : 14.000 \u00a3<\/p>\n

unmarked, the gold inlaid steel head with compressed gold inlaid pommel, with British crown surmounting initials \u2018CE\u2019 within arched and foliate borders, the lower panelled section of the head formed of finely inlaid foliate scrolls with inlaid ribbed and plain collars below, the tapered snake wood stick with inlaid gold eyelet and later brass ferule to point<\/p>\n

(Steel head 6.5cm long, pommel 3.3cm diameter, overall length 94.5cm)<\/p>\n

Provenance:
<\/b>By repute Prince Charles Edward Stuart<\/p>\n

and then gifted to a French Noble Family<\/p>\n

By descent till circa 1905 – 1909<\/p>\n

Presented to Alfred William Cox (1857 \u2013 1919)<\/p>\n

By direct descent<\/p>\n

Exhibited: Stuart and Cromwell Relics, and articles of interest connected with the Stuart Period , Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Guildhall Cambridge 15th-20th May 1911, item 5 (lent anonymously) Note: Although many relics of the Jacobite Cause exist, few are directly and personally connected with the Stuart family, or a single member, so directly. This walking cane was no doubt an important and highly personal accessory of the fashionable Prince Charles Edward Stuart, used within the Courts of Europe when petitioning his cause. A history of portraiture illustrates the Prince as a young, fashionable, educated and confident man. With much of his life spent in Europe in the presence of many Royal courts, he was keen to portray an image of the upmost grandeur at all times. In the 18th century, it was de rigueur to own a fine walking cane; a reflection of one\u2019s societal status, wealth and artistic interests. Sadly, no portraits can be found of the Prince which feature a walking cane, as these more often focus on official symbols of office and heraldry. However, in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery\u2019s collection, Paolo Monaldi & Pubalacci & Silvestri\u2019s exceptional painting, Prince James receiving his son, Prince Henry, in front of the Palazzo del Re , Prince Charles\u2019 father James and his court can be seen with several walking canes, serving as a statement accessory; a clear indication of the fashionable taste amongst the Stuart\u2019s social circles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is remarkable to consider the cane\u2019s long history with such few breaks in ownership. When it was exhibited in 1911, it was recorded as having been \u2018used by Prince Charles when he was at the French court, and was presented by him to a French nobleman, in whose family it has remained until a few years ago, when it was presented by the present holder of the title to the lender\u2019.<\/p>\n

For some time, the cane was considered to have been a gift to Prince Charles from King Louis, however it has not been possible to substantiate this. Despite this, the worked elements of the cane are certainly European, and draw comparisons to some of the finest gold inlaid and steel metalwork made in France and Germany. A closer look at the inlaid decoration is revealing: the placement of the British crown above his initials rather boldly indicates his rightful claim to the throne. Being the monarch’s crown, it is possible that this cane was made for Charles after his father’s death and he titled himself King Charles III. Indeed, other personal monogrammed items which survive feature the initials CP for Carlos Princepus . While there is some speculation as to whether the cane was gifted by King Louis, there is no doubt surrounding the quality of manufacture. Moreover, the gifting to a French noble family by Prince Charles successfully traces the provenance back to Charles\u2019 own lifetime; a highly unusual feat and few comparisons exist outwith established museum collections. By the 1911 exhibition the cane was the property (although lent anonymously) of Alfred William Cox. Alfred was a remarkable character of Victorian society. Son of Alexander Robb Cox (1826-1880) he came from a long line of successful Scottish jute merchants and factory owners working in Dundee and Liverpool. In 1879, and on failing his entrance exams for the Military Academy at Woolwich, he was given \u00a3100 and an allowance to travel to Australia. His father’s intention was for him to learn about the sheep trade and presumably set up his own. But before long he had fallen into his favourite leisure pursuit and was again involved in gambling on horse racing, which had perhaps originally led to his failed exams back in England. On hearing this, his father threatened to cut his allowance and seek his return. For a short time at least, Alfred went into sheep farming. This was not to last long however, his interests inevitably shifted over a game of cards in which he won a share in what became the Broken Hill silver mine, for a sum \u00a3120. He would return to England a wealthy man in the late 1880\u2019s with his shares value then estimated at \u00a31,260,000 (some \u00a370m in today\u2019s terms). On his return he became one of Britain\u2019s most successful race horse owners and had many renowned winners, perhaps most famous is Bayardo, a short career which is still remembered today. Late Victorian and Edwardian horse racing at the highest levels was a highly a social event. A fashionable cane such as this would have served Alfred well when in attendance at the Royal Enclosure, and especially when in the company of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) who frequented there. Alfred Cox had a small but fine collection of canes, this no doubt the highlight. How it came into his collection when it was \u2018presented\u2019 to him by the Noble French family remains a mystery, but family tradition has often held that it may have been in lieu of a debt for a horse, stud fees, or likely gambling.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La canne d’Honor\u00e9 de Balzac – The cane of Honor\u00e9 de Balzac La canne d’Honor\u00e9 de Balzac – The cane of Honor\u00e9 de Balzac Ann\u00e9e 1834, Honor\u00e9 de Balzac vient de publier Eug\u00e9nie Grandet. Ses livres se vendent comme des petits pains. Pourtant la critique est f\u00e9roce. Un grand \u00e9crivain? Pour parfaire sa panoplie, Balzac […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2120","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hakaora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hakaora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hakaora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hakaora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hakaora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2120"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/hakaora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7868,"href":"https:\/\/hakaora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2120\/revisions\/7868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hakaora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}