Name: Ivory baton;
Date:
1879;
Country: Great Britain;
Town: Sheffield;
Materials: ivory, silver;
Measurements: length 35,2 cm, core diameter 1,8 cm, bulb dimensions 2,7 x 1,9 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 33;
Description:
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a massive, short baton made of ivory; the grip is wide with numerous cracks, the tip is pointed, made of a separate piece of bone; the grip is finished with a big, silver bulb, pear-shaped and flattened, with a ram’s head and a floral (bucranium-like) garland and a band imprinted on both sides; on top of the bulb, a garland with leaves and a band; according to the hallmarks, the baton was stamped in Sheffield ca. 1879, maker’s mark J.R
; Inscriptions:none
; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)
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