Baton presented to an unknown conductor on the 25th anniversary of his work in Neunkirchen

photo: Waldemar Kielichowski © Institute of Music and Dance, Warsaw

Name: Baton presented to an unknown conductor on the 25th anniversary of his work in Neunkirchen; Date: turn of the 19th and 20th century; Country: Germany or Austria; Town: Neunkirchen; Materials: black wood, metal; Measurements: length 34,3 cm, diameter 2,2 cm; Ownership: Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection; Inventory number: JSW 134; Description:

Black baton with fanciful metal fittings; black, wooden body, wider in the grip section and embroidered with round mother of pearl insertions, finished with a short ferrule shaped like a cone propped against a ring with grooves; the narrower part of the body has a metal band with an engraved inscription; the baton finishes with a flattened metal knob with a theme of stars and circles. The baton was presented to an unknown conductor on the 25th anniversary of his work in Neunkirchen (Germany or Austria).

; Inscriptions:

G. v. Kr. Neunkirchen / z. 25 j. Jubiläum

; Catalog card: Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław);

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