Baton with leaves of mother of pearl
Name: Baton with leaves of mother of pearl;
Date:
turn of the 19th and 20th century;
Country: unknown;
Town: unknown;
Materials: wood, silvered metal, mother of pearl;
Measurements: length 47,1 cm, diameter 2,2 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 6;
Description:
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Decoratively carved, intarsiated and encrusted baton; conical body made of dark-stained wood; middle section has a tetragonal shape; on both ends of the baton, short fragments carved into spiral coils; next to the grip, the baton has an oval shape; numerous, narrow rings made of light wood along most of the body, accompanied by round and elongated plates made of mother of pearl, intended to imitate small leaves; grip finished with a metal fitting with a knob; tip may have had a metal fitting, too (none preserved)
; Inscriptions:none
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