Name: Beavan’s baton; Date: 1934; Country: Great Britain (Wales); Town: Ebbw Vale; Materials: dark, black-lacquered wood, silver; Measurements: length 38,5 cm, diameter 1,6 cm; Ownership: Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection; Inventory number: JSW 96; Description:

Black baton with silver fittings; conical body made of black-painted (lacquered?) wood; rounded, plain, unadorned grip and tip fittings; midway through the body, a simple silver ring with an engraved inscription. Hallmarked in London in 1931, silversmith’s mark: T.W.D . This commemorative baton was presented to [S/L -?] Beavan by the members of the Ebbw Vale Songsters ensemble in 1934.

; Inscriptions:

PRESENTED / TO / S/L BEAVAN. / FROM / EBBW VALE / SONGSTERS / 1934

; Catalog card:

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

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