Name: Baton;
Date:
turn of the 19th and 20th century?;
Country: unknown;
Town: unknown;
Materials: French-polished wood, brass alloy;
Measurements: length 38 cm, diameter 1,5 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 21;
Description:
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the core was made of dark French-polished wood, narrowing at 1/3 of the length; the tip of the wider part (grip) was decorated with a fitting adorned with a frieze featuring laurel leaves and a metal ball at the flat top; the narrow tip was finished with a fitting decorated with a frieze featuring a meander and a metal ball; the mid section has a wide fitting with an allocated space for an inscription, decorated with a frieze featuring laurel leaves; both sides of the mid fitting was decorated with narrow metal rings interlaced with the wood.
; Inscriptions:none
; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)
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