A GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED PRESENTATION CONDUCTOR'S BATON. the ...
A GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED PRESENTATION CONDUCTOR'S BATON. the ebonised shaft with silver and silver-gilt mounts, the central boss embossed to one side with Arion seated upon a dolphin playing his lyre, the reverse inscribed GESANG-VEREIN ARION AM GYMNASIUM ZU VECHTA, each terminal with a pointed silver-gilt finial above a chased sleeve of flowers or scrolling ornament within filigree wire collars, in a fitted case. 31.5cm long
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The silver end-piece with gilded terminal is loose. One of the loops to this piece is detached. The central inscribed bulbous mount is loose. Probably late 19th Century.
A GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED PRESENTATION CONDUCTOR'S BATON. the ebonised shaft with silver and silver-gilt mounts, the central boss embossed to one side with Arion seated upon a dolphin playing his lyre, the reverse inscribed GESANG-VEREIN ARION AM GYMNASIUM ZU VECHTA, each terminal with a pointed silver-gilt finial above a chased sleeve of flowers or scrolling ornament within filigree wire collars, in a fitted case. 31.5cm long
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The silver end-piece with gilded terminal is loose. One of the loops to this piece is detached. The central inscribed bulbous mount is loose. Probably late 19th Century.
