Name: Frank Black’s baton; Persons linked to the exhibit: Frank Black; Date: 1937; Country: United States; Town: unknown; Materials: dark-brown oiled wood, 14-karat gold, bone (ivory?); Measurements: length 44,5 cm, diameter 1,7 cm; Ownership: Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection; Inventory number: JSW 130; Description:

Dark, oiled wood baton with golden fittings; partly conical body, widening in the grip section finished with a plain, golden fitting with a flat end; at 2/5 of the length, a plain, golden ring with an engraved inscription; sharp tip made of bone. Hallmarks: on the grip fitting, hallmark 14 K. As per inscription, the baton belonged to conductor Frank Black, who held a cycle of radio auditions titled [Carnation] Contented Hour, broadcast by the NBC in 1937 r.; the baton was a gift from Carnation Company, who sponsored the broadcast

; Inscriptions:

on the ring: TO / FRANK BLACK / DIRECTOR / "CONTENTED HOUR" 1937 / FROM / CARNATION COMPANY

; Catalog card:

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

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