Name: Richard Bareham’s baton (Royal College of Organists); Persons linked to the exhibit: R. Bareham; Date: 1896; Country: Great Britain; Town: Lynton; Materials: black wood (ebony?), silver, bone; Measurements: length 57,5 cm, diameter 2,2 cm; Ownership: Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection; Inventory number: JSW 155; Description:

long, black baton with silver fittings; cylindrical body made of black, lacquered wood, grip finished with a smooth, silver cylindrical fitting, decorated with an impressed ring; at 2/5 of the body, a silver ring was fitted with a framed inscription and floral motifs; the baton finishes with a sharply pointed ivory tip. Hallmarked for Birmingham 1896 with maker’s mark: JP. As per inscription, the baton was gift to R. Bareham, who at the time was a student of the RCO (Royal College of Organists in London), presented to him by his Lynton friends in June 1897

; Inscriptions:

PRESENTED TO / R BAREHAM FRCO / BY LYNTON FRIENDS / JUNE 1897

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

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