1912 Brisbane Special Constable Lignum Vitae Baton
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Special Constables wooden baton used in the 1912 Brisbane general strike lignum vitae. Length 44 cm. Provenance: Pickles Auctions, the 1986 sale of Captain W.C. Thomson's Estate lot 380.
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- Lignum Vitae - A West Indian wood, dark greenish brown in colour with black streaks and very dense, used both as a veneers, and for small objects where durability was important, including lawn bowls, snuff boxes, turned cups and bowls and other treen objects.
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