Baton with a monogram “KR”
Name: Baton with a monogram “KR”;
Date:
1909;
Country: Austria or Hungary;
Town: unknown;
Materials: ebony, silver;
Measurements: length 44,9 cm, diameter 3,6 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 146;
Description:
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Ebony baton adorned with silver fittings, and a widening ferrule on the grip with impressed oak leaves with acorns, and a smooth tip with an engraved inscription (a monogram with a date); goldsmith’s marks (barely legible) indicate silver hallmark 800 of Austro-Hungarian make; the baton was probably presented to a conductor initialed KR on an anniversary celebrated on 4 November 1909
; Inscriptions:KR / 19 4/ XI. 09.
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