Name: Heinrich Veit’s baton;
Persons linked to the exhibit:
Heinrich Veit;
Date:
1927;
Country: Czech Republic;
Town: Brno;
Materials: light wood, French-polished with black shellac, bone, metal;
Measurements: length 40,2 cm, diameter 1,9 cm;
Ownership:
Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection;
Inventory number: JSW 114;
Description:
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Conical baton with bone tips; body made of light, black-painted wood; bone tips rounded, tip finished with a small, flattened ball; at 1/3 of the body, a metal plate in the shape of a shield with an engraved inscription on one side, and a metal lyre with an engraved date on the other side. As per inscription, the baton belonged to the choirmaster Heinrich Veit, and was a gift from the German song ensemble Typographen Sängerbund of Brno in June 1927.
; Inscriptions:DER / BRÜNNER / TYPOGRAPHEN / SÄNGERBUND / SEINEM / CHORMEISTER / HEINRICH / VEIT ; on the lyre: 4.-6.VI. / 1927
; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)
; Bibliography:Brno: Typographen-Sängerbund (Pěvecký spolek typografů): http://spolky.profitux.cz/b/bm/tsb1873.html
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