Name: W.H. Kohr’s (?) baton;
Persons linked to the exhibit:
W.H. Kohr (?);
Date:
turn of the 19th and 20th century;
Country: unknown;
Town: unknown;
Materials: dark, French-polished wood, metal, brass;
Measurements: length 51,5 cm, diameter 1,9 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 98;
Description:
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Black baton with metal fittings; conical body made of dark, French-polished wood; fittings in various styles; on the grip, a metal fitting with a flat top, decorated with an impressed twig pattern; on the tip, a rounded brass fitting; at 1/3 of the length, a metal ring widening into a worn, barely legible inscription. As per inscription, the baton belonged to W.H.(?) Kohr (?), an obscure English or American conductor unknown
; Inscriptions:Barely legible and unconfirmed: Presented to / W H [?] Kohr. [?] Esq [?] / …
; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)
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