A NEAR-SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN PAINTED WOOD TRUNCHEONS
A NEAR-SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN PAINTED WOOD TRUNCHEONS

CIRCA 1836-1848

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A NEAR-SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN PAINTED WOOD TRUNCHEONS
CIRCA 1836-1848
All decorated in gilt on a blue ground with the letters 'S.C.' for Special Constable and two with VR cyphers, one with an old label reading 'Chartist rising'
18¼ in. (46 cm.)
And four further transfer printed truncheons, early 20th Century, for the towns of Edinburgh, Manchester and the County of Berkshire (2) (8)

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The near set of blue truncheons are believed to have been issued to Special Constables during the Chartist revolts

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