Baton with a repousse pattern
Name: Baton with a repousse pattern;
Date:
1895;
Country: Great Britain;
Town: Chester;
Materials: dark, French-polished wood, silver;
Measurements: length 52,2 cm, diameter 2,4 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 78;
Description:
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Black baton with elaborately decorated silver fittings; conical body made of dark, French-polished wood; grip with a widening fitting, convex on top, repoussed with wavy lines, similarly to the remaining silver components, i.e. grip fitting and inscription ring at 1/3 of the length. Hallmarked in Chester in 1895, silversmith’s mark EN (Ebenezer Newman & Co.?); one of the most stunning batons in the collection
; Inscriptions:none
; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)
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