Name: Arthur Cowen’s baton;
Persons linked to the exhibit:
Arthur Cowen;
Date:
1911;
Country: Great Britain (Wales);
Town: Aberystwyth;
Materials: lacquered wood, silver;
Measurements: length 52,3 cm, diameter 2,8 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 126;
Description:
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Black baton with silver fittings; body made of black-lacquered wood; grip finished with an original, large, conical fitting with corrugated sides, decorated with an impressed floral pattern; at 1/3 of the body, a silver ring with an engraved inscription, decorated analogically; plain tip fitting, without decorations. Hallmarked in London in 1911, silversmith’s mark E·N (Ebenezer Newman & Co.). As per inscription, the baton was presented to Arthur Cowen, the musical director of the Aberystwyth Corporation, by his friends in September 1912.
; Inscriptions:Presented to / Arthur Cowen. / Musical Director / Aberystwyth Corporation / September 14th 1912. / From a few / Friends
; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)
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