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A Lignum Vitae handled tipstaff dagger with scabbard.  Length 23 cm.  This bladed product is not for sale to people under the age of 18.  By bidding on this item you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.  Please note that if you require P&P for this lot, this can only be done using an age verified method.The scabbard is made from Lignum Vitae and the metal mounts are steel.  There is a crack which runs the length of the handle and the length of the scabbard as well.  This appears to be on the opposite side as well. The blade is in good condition, there are remains of a tiny chips at the hilt end and it does not have any markings.

A Victorian City of London ceremonial silver tipstaff, applied to either side with die-stamped arms of the City of London, inscribed 'GUILDHALL 1863' and with three further shields of arms, the shank engraved 'LORD MAYOR AND SHERIFF'S COMMITTEE James Smith Esq.', with a turned boxwood handle,the surmount 12cm long25cm long overallCondition ReportNo hallmarks but tests as silver. Some light tarnish.

A Victorian Gilt Brass Tipstaff, with Queen Victoria crown finial, cylindrical body lacking its original covering, with ring turned globular boxwood base and flat button pommel, 25.5cm

A Tipstaff St Thomas' Hospital, hand painted and gilded, 181cm in length. Condition - fairProvenance - Harrison Zoological Museum, Bowerwood House in Sevenoaks, collected by James Harrison

A Victorian hardwood tipstaff, with a curved handle and a pokerwork embellishment, in the form of three lines encircling the opposite end, 38cm, together with a Kleen-E-Ze carpet beater, the mount stamped with the maker's name and registered 1928. (2)

A late 18th/early 19th century carved treen tipstaff / truncheon, of banister form, the square section head painted with crown and coat of arms, with a turned finial and shaft, 53cm, together with a Victorian police truncheon, of plain design with a ribbed grip, 40cmIf there is no condition report shown, please request

A George IV painted wooden tipstaff, the turned wooden staff polychrome painted with a crown and "GIVR" against a black ground. Length 34.5cm.

A Victorian truncheon/tipstaff with painted decoration, "VR S.C." , 18 1/2" long, and another similar, 18 3/4" long

A Victorian truncheon/tipstaff with painted "VR" and crown decoration, 12 1/4" long, and another similar with "VR S.C." decoration, 15" long

A Victorian truncheon/tipstaff with crown finial and painted decoration, "John Southwark Special Constable 1803", 30" long overall

A Victorian truncheon/tipstaff with painted decoration, "VR RBRC 194", 18 1/2" long, and another similar 18 1/4" long

A Georgian painted wood tipstaff, family crest over G over 17, 49cm

Two late 18th century mother-of-pearl and vellum folding fans, both within glazed cases (faults), together with another bone fan, a Victorian carved wooden tipstaff, inscribed 'C.E.I. Abernethy', length 39cm, and an AA badge.

A 9ct gold golf club medal, 2 scouting badges marked '9ct' and a signet ring (total weight 17.3g); with a few silver teaspoons, a wood handle tipstaff numbered '42', and plated spoons and other oddments

A collection of treen items comprising an inlaid workbox, c.1900, 22.5cm wide, and further items, a carved panel, 14.5 x 11.5cm, a treen nutcracker, 20cm long, a small wooden mirror, 20cm long, a turned wood tipstaff, with a cast crown surmount, 14cm long, a page mark, cast in the form of a claw, with a polished hardstone ball, 10cm, a small treen pot and cover, 7.5cm long (7)Condition ReportAll used. Box lock loose.

A 19th century wooden tipstaff With a carved crowned finial and painted coat of arms.39.5cm longQty: 1Wear to the painting overall and losses to the carving.

A William IV painted and gilt wooden Police Constable tipstaff, 59cm in length. Condition - good

A 19th century brass and turned ebony police tipstaff, of traditional form with screw-off crown surmount and ribbed ebony grip, unmarked but in the manner of Parker, Field & Sons 18cm Minor marks throughout brass sections, some wear and minor knocks to ebony grip, overall in good condition commensurate with age and use.

Antique tipstaff truncheon with hand painted decoration including GR Royal Cypher

4 x antique treen clubs / tipstaff (?) - longest 26cm

Australian Interest - an antique silver mounted treen miniature tipstaff inscribed 'William Raven, Commander Ship Britannia, From Feby 1792 to June 1797 - Three Times Round the World'. 6cm high. Condition - The silver mount does not sit flush and therefore tipstaff stands at an angle, there are also four small pin holes to the rim of the metal mount that do not line up to any holes. The varnish is flaking and worn, particularly to the narrower areas and the metal is a little tarnished William Raven (1756–1814) was an English master mariner, naval officer and merchant. He commanded the whaler and sealing vessel Britannia and the naval store ship HMS Buffalo in Australian and New Zealand waters from 1792 until 1799. While in command of Britannia under contract to the British East India Company, he mapped the Loyalty Islands of Maré, Lifou, Tiga and Ouvéa between August 1793 and May 1796.Raven was granted 100 acres (40 ha) of land in the vicinity of Tennyson Point, New South Wales in 1795, plus another 285 acres (115 ha) in 1799. The grant was known as Grove Farm. These Eastern Farms, now Kissing Point, properties were managed for him by the brewer James Squire of Kissing Point until Squire's death in 1822. The tip of the peninsula into the Parramatta River at Tennyson Point is now called Raven Point.

A Victorian painted tipstaff inscribed 'Bingley'. 37 cm long.

A GEORGE III CONSTABULARY TRUNCHEON Of mallet form, polychrome painted with "GRIII" cipher over a crown, the finial and terminal painted red, measuring approx. 43cm in length; together with two small ceremonial tipstaves; one painted in green and gold with William IV (later over-painted Victoria) cipher above the letters "S.H.C.", possibly referring to the Stirling High Constables, numbered "20" to the reverse and measuring approx. 14.7cm in length; the other more plainly decorated with Victoria cipher, approx. 12.3cm in length (3)  Condition Report:"Large constabulary truncheon with significant surface wear. Craquelure/bubbling and losses to paintwork throughout. Some mottling/dulling to paintwork, concentrated on the reverse side (behind the polychrome cipher). Red paint to finial and terminal has worn through entirely at extremities. Multiple chips, knocks and gouges. Chips and losses to raised bands, particularly at the broad end.""S.H.C."" green and gold tipstaff with general surface wear, most significant at extremities. ""W.R."" cipher has been later overpainted to ""V.R."". Generally bright and attractive. Silk wrist strap worn and faded, with tears.Small ""V.R."" tipstaff is generally good. Minor chips and knocks throughout. Adhesive residue to the unpainted end. Wear at ends, with the natural colour of the wood showing through."

Muggerhanger, Bedfordshire Victorian 1838 Tipstaff / Truncheon. This turned wooden example is painted with a dark blue ground and decorated with a Crowned VR cypher and to the reverse MUGGERHANGER 1838. Paintwork remains good, some age wear and knocks. Length 10 1/2 inches

Scottish George IV ebony and white metal mounted tipstaff, inscribed Leith Police 1827 with Leith Persevere Coat of Arms to each terminal and further inscribed 2d Com of Trinity House, 13cm long

ASSORTED POLICE TRUNCHEONS including A. C. Riome (Gravesend) patent truncheon/police whistle, lignum vitae truncheon, two others and painted Georgian tipstaff, largest 41cms (5)Provenance: the Karl Johansen (1937-2021) Collection, by family descent

An early Victorian truncheon or tipstaff, with traces of paint and a silver mount engraved .... Chief Constable....., Sheffield 1843, 21 cm

Brass tipstaff with turned wood grip and finial top, 37cm, engraved `IV GR Constable of the Hundred of Whitby'

An early 19th Century tipstaff / truncheon dated 1825 and marked for Darsham 

A collection of walking sticks, to include a number of silver mounted examples (one with curved handle modelled as a continuation of the thornwood shaft); another with a snuff box in the form of a boot form a handle; and an ebony tipstaff Condition Report:Available upon request

A Victorian Wilsden Police tipstaff / truncheon, 37 cm

A group of twelve gilt metal and white metal City of London Guildhall and other, Ceremonial Tipstaff heads, including one inscribed 'Presentation of the freedom to HRH Prince Alfred 7th June 1866', another ' Lord Mayor and Sheriffs Committee 1866 Charles Sully Esq', another 'Reception Committee 1876', 'Special Reception Committee 1867', one for Bridge House 'New Black Friars Bridge July 1865', mounted in a glazed mahogany display case (7cm x 63.5cm x 40.5cm) and two further loose Guildhall tipstaff heads.*Notes- This lot and the following thirty-four lots are from the Wright family formerly of Smith & Wright Button Manufacturers Birmingham.Established in the 1840s the firm became Smith, Kemp & Wright in the latter half of the 19th century before being acquired by Firmin & Sons in the early 20th century.*Provenance- By direct family descent.

A 19th Century Tipstaff inscribed W.R.IV NH No. 359

An early Victorian era, circa 1840 Police Officers tipstaff. Manufactured from a single piece of turned hardwood, with an all over ebonised finish. Large Royal crest painted to the side, with Queen Victoria crown. No apparent manufactures mark, or names and dates of any kind. Complete with a thin leather cord that is attached through a hole in the pommel area. Approximately 27.5cm length, 4.8cm diameter. Together with a 20th century miniature percussion style cap gun, with floriate engraved handle and a hexagonal barrel. Approximately 4.3cm in length. Condition: a well used example of a tipstaff. Solidly constructed, and free from splits to the wood. Some minor old chipping to the wider end part. The painted decoration has degraded over time, with some paint loss and blistering to the surface. the Royal crest is just discernible, but there are losses to the detail of the design. The miniature pistol is complete, but the hammer action / trigger would appear to have seized, possibly due to internal corrosion.

A late 19th century brass and gilt police tipstaff probably by Parker, Field & Sons, 233 Holborn, London With ebony ribbing, 19cm long

Victorian police brass tipstaff, by Parker, Field & Sons, 233 Holborn, London, circa 1880, cast brass screw down crown finial, turned central ebony grip, length 18cm (Please note condition does not form part of the catalogue description. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view and a condition report is not already available, please ask for one and it will be provided in writing).

Police History - a Channel Islands tipstaff or truncheon, St Martins Guernsey Special Constable, 15.5cm long

Victorian tipstaff truncheon, the body with hand pained crown and VR cypher, 35cm long.

WEST COUNTRY TIPSTAFF, a rare dated 1844 painted tipstaff for St Mewan Parish, 34cm  366 - splits to shaft, overall light signs of age and use but otherwise in generally good condition

Bristol Interest – William IV brass ball-headed truncheon or tipstaff, the shaft engraved ‘R Bryant BRISTOL Oct 30 1831’ (the date of the Bristol Riots), with treen handle, 33cm long, together with three related books - 'City Under Fire' by Geoffrey Amey, 'Hotheads and Heroes' by Peter Macdonald and 'The Bristol Riots' by Susan Thomas The Bristol riots of 29th – 31st October 1831 were some of the largest and most significant in British history. Incensed by local magistrate Sir Charles Wetherall’s claim that Bristol was against electoral reform, hundreds took to the streets on 29 October, attacking prominent buildings culminating in the looting and burning of the Mansion House. In response, on the morning of October 30th, the Mayor of Bristol, Charles Pinney ordered a posse comitatus to be formed. This had little immediate effect as fewer than 200 volunteers answered the call and the night of the October 30th saw even worse disorder, including the burning of properties in and around Queen Square and the freeing of prisoners in the city's jails. This provoked the middle class into action and some 3,000 men reported for duty in the posse comitatus on the following morning.

GEORGE V SCOTTISH MESSENGER-AT-ARMS EBONY TIPSTAFF AND MEDAL, cylindrical form, with white metal mounts & suspended oval medal (most likely silver but unmarked), the front with the Scottish royal coat of arms, the reverse inscribed "ALEX STEWART KELLAS, MESSENGER-AT-ARMS, 2ND APRIL 1931", with maker mark CHFthe tipstaff - 12cm wideScratches, ends are loose, in generally worn condition

A George III truncheon or tipstaff, with painted decoration GR III, above a crown, with Heany Little 1777 belowSome knocks and slight loss as usual, there appears to be a single worm hole to the base

VICTORIAN TRUNCHEON/TIPSTAFF, LATE 19TH CENTURY painted in polychrome and gilt, inscribed Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense above VR40cm long

A fine quality Victorian 19th century tipstaff. Turned hardwood body, with ebonised handle and Royal Crest. The top section is shaped like a Royal crown, complete with gilt painted detail. Mid section with gilt painted ‘V.1.R’ on a green background. Original drilled hole to end of handle for attaching a leather wrist strap. Approximately 45cm length. Condition: generally solid, with age and service wear. Normal signs of use in the form of paint chips and tiny knocks to the surface of the wood. No apparent splits or losses to the wood. Good overall colour and patina to the wood.

A GEORGE III MINIATURE PAINTED WOOD TIPSTAFF LATE 18TH CENTURY Decorated with a Royal Coat of Arms above three gold seaxes facing to the left, the rear initialled B.E 17cm longProvenance: The 'Constable' Collection of Truncheons and Tipstaves Part II. The three seaxes (Saxon short swords) feature in the coat of arms for Middlesex and Essex but traditionally face the other way to those presented here 

A 19th century brass tipstaff, by Parker Field & Sons, London circa 1850,cylindrical form, central turned handle, screw-off crown finial, length 18.4cm.Provenance:A Private Collection.Purchased from Bonhams, London, 28 March 2002, lot 195.

A George IV Scottish silver-mounted ebony tipstaff,unmarked,cylindrical form with plain silver mounts, inscribed to mounts 'Mid=Lothian', 'Constable of the County', 'David Phillip', with an engraved thistle to the top silver mount and a crown and 'G IV R' to the bottom silver mount, length 11.8cm.Provenance:A Private Collection.Purchased from Sotheby's, London, 29 January 1998, lot 755.

A Victorian turned wooden polychrome painted tipstaff, with “VR” below a coronet, _cm long.

George IV Tipstaff Of mallet form, the barrel-shaped head painted in polychrome and gilt with 'GRIV' cypher on one side and a coat of arms on the other.28cm longAreas of gilt missing and some wear to the painted barrel. See all images.

A BRASS TIPSTAFF TOP, 19TH CENTURY SOVEREIGN WEIGHTS and other coin weights, and other items

A George IV wooden tipstaff, bearing the crown and cypher, beneath the Roman numerals IIII, on a blue ground, 28cm high.

A William IV lignum vitae tipstaff, bearing Royal crown and cypher, 15cm long.

A William IV brass tipstaff, of cylindrical form with Royal cypher, and ring turned wooden handle, 24,5cm long.

A Victorian Police Inspector's White Metal Tipstaff by Parker Field & Sons, 233, Holborn, London, circa 1870's/80's, with brass screw-top crown finial, ring turned ebony grip, the lower section stamped with maker's name, 19cmFootnote :- usually made of brass. See Truncheons by Alan Cook, page 46, figure 48 for a white metal example.

Nutcrackers - a Black Forest novelty screw-action nut cracker, carved with fruiting vine, lotus haft, 18.5cm long, c.1900; another, of tipstaff form, the drum-shaped head carved with an alpine landscape, 13cm long, c.1900; others, shell shaped (5)

An early 19th century painted tipstaff/truncheon, GR Dorchester, 44.5 cmGenerally good, a few areas of loss to the paint as you would expect

A fine quality Victorian 19th century tipstaff. Turned hardwood body, with ebonised handle and Royal Crest. The top section is shaped like a Royal crown, complete with gilt painted detail. Mid section with gilt painted ‘V.1.R’ on a green background. Original drilled hole to end of handle for attaching a leather wrist strap. Approximately 45cm length. Condition: generally solid, with age and service wear. Normal signs of use in the form of paint chips and tiny knocks to the surface of the wood. No apparent splits or losses to the wood. Good overall colour and patina to the wood.

Six wooden Truncheons, each of differing shape, a Tipstaff style plain example, 28cm, a small turned wooden example, with weighted end, possibly a later 20th Century example for a Sergeant/Inspector, 32cm, plus a longer example of different form, with leather strap, 38cm and three others unmarked (6)

A George III style painted ‘tipstaff’, 31cm

VIKTORIANISCHER TIPSTAFF Vereinigtes Königreich, Messing, Holz, 19. Jh.L: 22 cmVICTORIAN TIPSTAFFUnited Kingdom, Brass, Wood, 19th c.L: 22cm