Staff
1700-1740 (made)
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Bandmaster’s staff; early 18th Century, Dutch
Fruitwood with decoration carved in the round, in openwork, in relief and countersunk relief, partly in chip-carving. Below finial carved in the wood, four-sided, flat-faced form tapering towards the base.
Finial in the form of a soldier wearing long coat and breeches in the manner of the early 18th century, with musket as in the attention position, behind a dog and bunches of grapes, in relief running to the base. The reverse and sides divided above a solid base terminal into four openwork rope-pattern compartments, each containing three balls, alternating with four squared knobs carved on the faces, with ladies waving a tulip, gallants below, also waving, and chip-carved patterns.
Fruitwood with decoration carved in the round, in openwork, in relief and countersunk relief, partly in chip-carving. Below finial carved in the wood, four-sided, flat-faced form tapering towards the base.
Finial in the form of a soldier wearing long coat and breeches in the manner of the early 18th century, with musket as in the attention position, behind a dog and bunches of grapes, in relief running to the base. The reverse and sides divided above a solid base terminal into four openwork rope-pattern compartments, each containing three balls, alternating with four squared knobs carved on the faces, with ladies waving a tulip, gallants below, also waving, and chip-carved patterns.
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Materials and techniques | Carved fruitwood |
Brief description | Bandmaster’s staff, carved fruitwood, Dutch, 1700-40 |
Physical description | Bandmaster’s staff; early 18th Century, Dutch Fruitwood with decoration carved in the round, in openwork, in relief and countersunk relief, partly in chip-carving. Below finial carved in the wood, four-sided, flat-faced form tapering towards the base. Finial in the form of a soldier wearing long coat and breeches in the manner of the early 18th century, with musket as in the attention position, behind a dog and bunches of grapes, in relief running to the base. The reverse and sides divided above a solid base terminal into four openwork rope-pattern compartments, each containing three balls, alternating with four squared knobs carved on the faces, with ladies waving a tulip, gallants below, also waving, and chip-carved patterns. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs S.D. Amis |
Object history | Given by Mrs S.D. Amis (RF 55/4209) |
Historical context | Comparable objects V&A: W.12-1946 This is a bandmaster's staff. Staffs have served other professional functions. For example, sextons have used staffs to awake those sleeping during sermons, and in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries tall staffs were made for running footmen. (Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones: An Encyclopedia and Social History (London: G. Bell & Son, 1969), p.28) |
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Accession number | W.26-1955 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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