Name: John Lisle's baton;
Persons linked to the exhibit:
John Lisle;
Date:
1887;
Country: Great Britain;
Town: Cullercoats;
Materials: ivory, silvered metal;
Measurements: length 49,6 cm, diameter 2,9 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 163;
Description:
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Ivory baton with silvered metal fittings; conical body; grip fitting in the form of a slightly flattened knob, impressed with acanthus leaves with flowers; atop the knob, a plain field in the form of a concave octagon; tip fitting adorned with the same acanthus leaf ornament with flowers; at 2/5 of the length, a metal ring, decorated analogically, with an inscription engraved in a concave polygonal frame, referring to the shape of the grip fitting
; Inscriptions:Presented / To / MR. JOHN LISLE, / BY THE CHOIR OF P.M. CHAPEL / AND A FEW FRIENDS, / Cullercoats, 1887.
; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)
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