Baton with ivory tips

photo: Waldemar Kielichowski © Institute of Music and Dance, Warsaw

Name: Baton with ivory tips; Date: turn of the 19th and 20th century?; Country: unknown; Town: unknown; Materials: black French-polished wood, ivory, mother of pearl; Measurements: length 30,5 cm, diameter 1,6 cm; Ownership: Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection; Inventory number: JSW 52; Description:

short baton made of French-polished wood with tips made of ivory; the ivory grip broadens slightly and has a rounded finish with visible cracks; the tip is decorated with a triple ring; the cylindrical body has an ivory upper tip with a flat finish. A very similar baton can be found in the same collection, marked with the JSW 51 inventory number (they differ in terms of length and the edge of the ivory grip)

; Inscriptions:

none

; Catalog card:

Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)

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