Name: Baton Blair Lodge Glee Club; Date: 1894; Country: Great Britain?; Materials: ivory, silvered metal; Measurements: length 44,8 cm, diameter 2,3 cm; Ownership: Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection; Inventory number: JSW 32; Description:

a white, conic ivory baton; the widest section (grip) decorated with carved grooves and palmettes, finished with a curve; the adjacent section of the baton is smooth, decorated with three rings engraved with silvered geometrical and floral pattern; the fitting at the top was decorated with a similar motif; the widest ring (i.e. the one next to the grip) contains an engraved inscription. The baton was inscribed with a dedication to the conductor from the singers of the Blair Lodge Glee Club, dated 3 April 1894

; Inscriptions:

PRESENTED TO / C.A.L. SENIOR / BY THE LADIES OF THE BLAIR LODGE GLEE CLUB / APRIL 3^RD 1894

; Catalog card:

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

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