Police Truncheons Page 2

Continued from Page One
So far, with listing these truncheons, for the enjoyment of others. I too have had immense enjoyment in bringing these ancient items out into the sunlight, the first time in many years, probably. The thrill of just looking at these painted items that are intricately done is just awe inspiring! I have some experience in working with oil based paints and to see very old varnishes here giving such warm opaque colour is pleasant to say the least. The well worn used surfaces of gold leaf and various pigmented paints that are no longer used makes one 'feel' the age. You can zoom in on all of these photos but you'll never feel the sense one has in just handling them, in sunlight.

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Ref	Details of Truncheon	Front/Main Picture	Reverse side/Second Picture
94	Neath Borough Police 18" long, Crown above Gartered Arms of Neath (gold) turret on blue background Neath Borough Police within the garter Acanthus decoration to reverse An excellent condition truncheon!

95	Leicester 11"3/4 long, Ebony, Baulster type, 3" head, 7.5" incised ring shaped handle Crown & GR in gold Leicester Arms on reverse Date Estimate 1820-1830 George 4th

99	Commissioners of Woods & Forests 18" long, Crown above Royal Arms, Green Cartouche with gilded surround Comrs of W&F. Distributed by Parker 233 Holborn Date Estimate 1837-1901 Details in book 'Truncheons An Unequal Match' Page 145.

102	Great Northern Railway 17" long, Crown above Royal Arms Great Northern Railway in Cartouche No6 Date Estimate 1862-1901 Details in book 'Truncheons An Unequal Match' Page 95. (Exchanged for Ref:191. 22/9/16)

103	Grantham Ex Manthorpe 19" long, W4R above large Crown which again is above the Grantham coat of arms. Below is TS above Manthorpe, very worn G.C. impressed into barrel Date Estimate 1830-1837

105	W^D Provost Marshalls Office Tipstaff 7" long, Solid cast brass Crown, Ebony grip, Parker Field & Sons - London. The Crown screws off but only reaches 1" in depth inside. Provost Marshalls Office according to Mittons book page 75

113	Unknown Standard Plain Tipstaff 9.5" long, plain brass barrel with a two part cast crown. 4" black ebony shaped handle grip. Difficult to date		No decoration/detail on reverse

115	Unknown Short Police Truncheon 12.5" long, Large Crown, VR scripted Police in gold around top of handle grip. Date Estimate 1837-1901

116	Leicester Tipstaff 9.5" long, Natural Rose Wood 2" ball on top, Three detailed faces, All gold with red shading on green background 1/ G1111R and G.P. 2/ Leicester Arms and BF. 3/ A Georgian Crown 6" shaped handle Date Estimate 1820-1830 Details in book 'Truncheons An Unequal Match' Page 140.

121	St George in the East. Middlesex Solid Silver tipstaff with Ebony handle 12" long, Open Crown likely with velvet filling Heavily filled engravings, see details after picture. Dated G111R, 1819 More Reading here Details in book 'Truncheons An Unequal Match' Page 46.		This staff is to be transferred from one constable to the other on paying three pounds seven shillings. John Symonds constable of the parish of St Georges East Middx 1819. Robert Lewes & Wm Ledger Church Wardens Wm Hall 1818, Joseph Horsley 1820, John Hind 1821, GN Scudder 1822, John Saunders 1823, Geo Cooper 1833, WF Francis 1834, W Anderton 1835, John Greasley 1838, John Knight Esq 1840, LL Bond 1842, Benj'n Hall 1843.

122	Plymouth Silver Tipstaff 5.5"long, Brass Open Crown on 1.5" silver barrel engraved with Plymouth Arms & initials JC 4" shaped Mahogany handle More Reading, The Police Service in Plymouth

123	Beer Ferris Devon 16.5" long, Crown above Royal Arms within a shield surrounded by a wreath, black background Elaborate VR gold script Horseshoe inverted scroll Beer Ferris. Constable Date Estimated 1837-1901

128	Manchester Tipstaff 9.5" long baulster made of Walnut Royal Arms with supporters below Dieu Et Mon Droit on a banner On reverse, No9 district? Arms of Manchester Initials J.A. all on a blue/green background. Date Estimate possibly 1842

130	Sudbury Tipstaff Silvered Cast Crown Brass 3.5" Engraved Barrel Sudbury 5" waisted handle Difficult to date		No decoration/detail on reverse

131	Wooden Tip Staff Completely wooden of what looks to be Beech 9.5" long, with carved and gilded Crown. 3.5" barrel with 2" silver oval plaque set in bearing Arms of ? unable to estimate date. Can you identify this please?

132	Lincoln City 17.5" long, Large Coat of Arms in Silver & red on a black painted barrel. Handle is natural wood and looks to be Oak. Unable to estimate a date.		No decoration/detail on reverse

133	Wyberton Lincolnshire 13.5" long, G.R Crown, Wyberton No.1 all in gold print on a bottle green background. Under the green paint there looks to be blue paint seen where chips are. Also looks to have had the butt end sawn off as most unusual uncomfy grip. Date Estimated 1820-1830

136	Norfolk 18.5" long, Red ball end, blue/green barrel, black plain handle, tapered from top to bottom end. Large W1VR Crown with red band near handle. Date Estimated 1830-1837

137	Wakefield 13.5" long, Top shaped and gilded/painted in style of a Crown. Top 2" blue/green background large block capital V.R. gilded. Lower 2.5" brown/red background upon which WAKEFIELD 1845, Royal Arms supporters passant and Mr Thos Shaw, Constable. Green waisted handle, four black incised rings at base. A very nice item!

143	Ramsey Huntingdonshire 18" long, Black painted barrel, V1R Royal Arms with Lion & Unicorn supporter passant. 10" barrel with 8" brown plain handle with pointed end. Unfortunately lots of chips revealing red lead primer underneath. Date Estimated to be 1837-1901

145	Cambridge Borough GvR 15" long, modern standard type truncheon, Royal Arms and Cambridge Arms. Reverse side Lt. Col. B.W.Beales, V.D. Mayor. 1916 Barnet William Beales born in Cambridge was a tailor and robe maker, lived in Sidney Street.

146	Folkingham Lincolnshire House of Correction 14.5" long, Black truncheon with gold writing, brown natural wooden ribbed handle. V then small Crown followed by R Crudely made but most probably genuine. Dated Estimate 1837-1878 when closed. Info here

147	Stamford Borough Lincolnshire 13" long, Quite a heavy object with a comfy ribbed grip. Natural wood, Medium size Victorian Crown Over 1 VR Stamford in gold Scroll banner. Under which is Serg making this a rare Sergeants truncheon.		No decoration/detail on reverse

148	Penzance Tipstaff 15.5" long, Scripted VR F Boase Esq. (Francis) Mayor 1859 Brass body & Crown, Rose Wood handle Body was probably silver plated originally. A very nice long slender Tipstaff.

149	Unknown Standard Police Truncheon 16.5" long, Medium Crown, Letters VR scripted. An uninteresting item but has a nice shape and grip. I do like this truncheon! Date Estimate 1837-1901		No decoration/detail on reverse

150	Unknown Standard Tipstaff 12" long, A very nice painted item but sadly has a badly spoilt grip where someone wanted some sort of strap attached. Unable to estimate a date.		No decoration/detail on reverse

151	Little-Stukeley Huntingdonshire Tipstaff 12.5" long, quite a sturdy Tipstaff with G1VR above Royal Arms. Nice paintwork considering how this has been knocked about. Clearly dated: 1827.

152	Police Office Warwick 17" long, Medium Crown above W1V. Midway a cartouch with 11 within its centre. I am somewhat unsure of this being genuine. Date Estimated 1830-1837		No decoration/detail on reverse

153	Unknown Standard Tipstaff 16" long, A very interesting item with a painted shaped Crown. Beautifully scripted GR over bold 1V. Dated on reverse side 1830.

154	Unknown Standard Police Truncheon 16.5" long, Large Crown, Letters VR scripted in gold with red shadowing, background painted dark blue. Two Gold Bands around top and bottom of barrel. Date Estimate 1837-1901

155	Unknown VR Tipstaff 12.5" long, A very heavy wooden handled brass body, large Crown constructed tipstaff. Interesting item showing traces of paint on Crown. Beautifully cast Royal Arms with VR. Date Estimate 1837-1901

156	Northamptonshire Constabulary 15.5" long, Large Crown over scripted VR. Red Cartouch with Northamptonshire Constabulary within. Possibly Parker Holborn, no markings. Date Estimate 1837-1901		No decoration/detail on reverse

157	Lindsey Lincolnshire Tipstaff 5.5" long, large painted Crown above gold printed W.R. and L. under that. Background is painted black and nicely worn It is the smallest 'dinky' tipstaff I have. Date Estimate 1830-1837		No decoration/detail on reverse

158	Grampian Police Truncheon 6.5" long, Shows a printed Kings Crown badge of the Scottish Police force with the motto 'Semper Vigilo' meaning 'Always Vigilant' A well presented item, probably not used for service. Date Estimate pre 1952		No decoration/detail on reverse

159	Fake Tipstaff 7.5" long, An all one piece item with a large cast Crown. Made from stainless steel as it is not magnetic and weighs 467 grams, heavier than any other tipstaff or truncheon. Worth a mention here as it is particularly well made. It seems to be a copy of Ref: 105 and . Date Estimate from 1970		No decoration/detail on reverse

160	Unknown Standard Plain Tipstaff 7.5" long, plain brass barrel with a two part cast crown. Very much like Ref:113 4" dark mahogany shaped handle grip. Difficult to date		No decoration/detail on reverse

161	Hastings Tipstaff 7" long, plain brass barrel with a two part cast crown nicely joined. Coat of Arms for the Borough of Hastings. Very similar to Ref:160 4" black ebony shaped handle grip. Date Estimated pre 1836

162	Unknown Standard Plain Tipstaff 11.5" long baulster painted very dark red/brown Royal Arms with supporters, below Dieu Et Mon Droit on a banner. Very similar in shape to Ref:128. Date Estimate possibly 1842

As on page one... You may wonder why numbers: 89,91,92,93,96,97,98,100,101,104,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,114,117,118,119,120,124,125,126,127,129,134,135,138,139,140,141,142,144 - are not included. This is because these were either sold, exchanged or swapped. While his reference book still shows photos, dates bought and price paid... I really don't fancy listing all this extra detail at this time!

Note that: In my study of Alan's truncheons, I had found much help and assistance from a book 'Truncheons An Unequal Match' by Alan C. Cook, where many of these truncheons here, are photographed and detailed..