Name: Baton with silver fittings (KS 2);
Date:
ca. 1920s;
Country: United States;
Town: unknown;
Materials: wood, silver;
Ownership:
Krzysztof Słowiński’s collection;
Inventory number: KS 2;
Description:
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black baton with silver fittings; slender, conical wooden body; grip fitting slightly widening with a flat top; sides of the fittings impressed with twigs in triangular fields; elongated, blunt tip fitting; at 1/3 of the length, a silver ring with room for inscription, decorated with floral motives on the sides. The baton was purchased in Australia; silver mark: “sterling” (silver fineness 925) indicated American origin. The baton comes with a black, narrow, rectangular wooden case lined with green cloth. Patterns on the fittings are similar to batons JSW 152, 153, and 91 in Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection
; Inscriptions:STERLING
; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, based on information provided by the owner
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