Name: Unknown conductor’s baton;
Date:
1918;
Country: Great Britain;
Town: London;
Materials: wood, silver;
Measurements: length 46,1 cm, diameter 2,3 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 82;
Description:
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Black baton with silver fittings; conical body made of French-polished wood; conical grip fitting with a plain, rounded top, decorated on the side with an engraved twig motif; at 1/3 of the length, a silver ring with an inscription; ring and silver rounded tip decorated analogically. Hallmarked in London in 1918; silversmith’s mark E·N (Ebenezer Newman & Co.). This commemorative baton with an inscription was presented in February 1920 to an unknown conductor by his friends as a token of their regard
; Inscriptions:IN TOKEN / OF REGARD / FROM FRIENDS / IN THE L.B.O.C. / 7TH FEBRUARY / 1920.
; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)
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