Name: W.J. Brereton’s baton; Persons linked to the exhibit: W.J. Brereton; Date: 1921; Country: Great Britain; Town: Egremont; Materials: black wood (ebony?), silver; Measurements: length 46 cm, diameter 1,9 cm; Ownership: Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection; Inventory number: JSW 156; Description:

Two-part baton, screwed together, with an internal metal connector; conical cone made of black wood; grip, tip, and screw fittings made of silver and decorated with an impressed twig pattern; on the grip fitting, a frame with an engraved inscription; another frame (inscriptionless) was fitted to the screw. Hallmarked for London 1920 with the maker’s initials J.H inscribed into a rhombus. As per inscription, the baton was presented to W.J. Brereton by the Egremont Wesleyan Methodist Choir and Congregation in March 1921.

; Inscriptions:

PRESENTED / TO / M^R W.J. BRERETON, / BY THE / EGREMONT WESLEYAN / METHODIST CHOIR / AND / CONGREGATION. / MARCH 1921.

; Catalog card:

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

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