Name: Ignacy Jan Paderewski's baton; Persons linked to the exhibit: Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Edmund Rygier; Date: 1901; Country: Poland; Town: Poznań; Materials: ebony, silver, partially gilt silver; Measurements: length 39 cm, diameter 2 cm; Ownership: National Museum in Warsaw; Inventory number: MNW 162139; Description:

Baton with a dedication inscription from the Polish Theatre in Poznań and its director Edmund Rygier, presented to I.J. Paderewski on the occasion of his recital in Poznań in 1901

; Inscriptions:

on one of the fittings: Twórcy „Manru” / I.J. Paderewskiemu [To the author of “Manru” / I.J. Paderewski]; on the other fitting: [...] sceny poznańskiej / Edmund Rygier / 12.XII.1901. [ […] Poznań stage / Edmund Rygier / 12 December 1901]

; Catalog card: Ryszard Bobrow, National Museum in Warsaw; Bibliography: Ignacy Jan Paderewski: artysta, kolekcjoner, mąż stanu [catalog], Muzeum Okręgowe im. Leona Wyczółkowskiego w Bydgoszczy, Towarzystwo Muzyczne im. I.J. Paderewskiego w Bydgoszczy, Bydgoszcz 2007 pp. 56-57; Paderewski [catalog], Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Warszawa 2018 p. 242

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