Name: JSW 164; Persons linked to the exhibit: Albert Blackburn; Date: 1885; Country: Great Britain; Town: Thornhill; Materials: light wood (oiled or waxed), silvered metal; Measurements: length 45 cm, diameter 1,6 cm; Ownership: Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection; Inventory number: JSW 164; Description:

Conical body made of light, French-polished wood (oiled or waxed); at 2/5 of the length, a metal ring with a wide, ferruled component with an inscription, and an oval component imitating a laurel wreath (?); grip fitting with a dull finish and serrated edges with round holes, each component richly engraved; on the sides of the fitting, several panels engraved with triangular leaves with geometrical contours, similar to those in other batons from the same collection (inventory numbers JSW 11, 75, 100, 101, 112, 162); tip fitting shaped and decorated similarly to the grip fitting. The baton is similar to exhibit no. JSW 162 (Lady Brooke’s baton)

; Inscriptions:

Presented / TO / ALBERT BLACKBURN. / BY THE LADY MEMBERS / OF THE / THORNHILL GLEE SOCIETY, / Septber 2nd 1885

; Catalog card:

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

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