Name: J.P. Kirkland’s baton; Persons linked to the exhibit: J.P. Kirkland; Date: 1931; Country: Great Britain (Scotland); Town: Fairlie; Materials: wood, silver, gilded silver (?); Measurements: length 46,3 cm, diameter 1,9 cm; Ownership: Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection; Inventory number: JSW 19; Description:

Black, two-piece baton, screwed together at half-way point, with an internal metal connector; conical body made of dark wood; plain silver fittings on the grip, tip, and screw; to hide the screw, a gilded (?) silver ring was attached with an impressed floral motif; inscription engraved on the grip fitting. Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1931; silversmith’s mark: J·H on a rhomboid plate. As per inscription, the baton was presented to J.P. Kirkland from St. Margaret’s Choir in Fairlie, Scotland, in 1934.

; Inscriptions:

J.P.KIRKLAND, ESQ. / FROM / ST. MARGARETS CHOIR / FAIRLIE / JANUARY 1934.

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