Baton with the coat of arms of the Spanish city of A Coruña
Name: Baton with the coat of arms of the Spanish city of A Coruña;
Date:
turn of the 19th and 20th century?;
Country: Spain;
Town: La Coruña;
Materials: mahogany, gilded metal, fibre;
Measurements: length 34,3 cm, diameter 2,2 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 62;
Description:
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a conic core made of mahogany, with metal fittings on the grip and tip, made of gilded meta; the fitting on the grip was finished with a bulb with the coat of arms of the Spanish city of La Coruña:a lighthouse on a rock in the middle of the badge (Tower of Hercules), and a skull beneath, surrounded with seven shells, as well as a crown above the badge; on the side of the fitting, a city motto was engraved; below the inscription, a ring was mounted on the core, fitted with a string finished with plaited fringes; the tip of the baton has a blunt ending.
; Inscriptions:LA MUY NOBLE Y MUY LEAL / CIUDAD DE LA CORUNA [The very noble and very loyal / city of La Coruña]
; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)
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