Lot 439
 

A Victorian painted Police short truncheon, with crowned cipher above a cartouche inscribed 'Police', with rib turned grip, the pommel stamped 'Field Holborn 233', and a William IV mahogany and brass two drawer telescope, inscribed 'Bancks & Son, Inst Makers to His Majesty, 119 New Bond St, London, the lens 4cm dia, with brass lens cap, 56cm extended

Sold for £160


Condition Report

Surface scratches and marks to the truncheon, with some enamel loss, but structurally sound. Telescope is cloud through the lenses, but in good structural order

 

A Victorian painted Police short truncheon, with crowned cipher above a cartouche inscribed 'Police', with rib turned grip, the pommel stamped 'Field Holborn 233', and a William IV mahogany and brass two drawer telescope, inscribed 'Bancks & Son, Inst Makers to His Majesty, 119 New Bond St, London, the lens 4cm dia, with brass lens cap, 56cm extended