Lot 2029 , A good scarce WIVR turned wooden painted tipstave for G. Hoey, Constable of the Hundred of Ringmer, dated 1832 and applied with assorted small silver labels dated variously to 1879, each engraved with the names of 15 sub

A good scarce WIVR turned wooden painted tipstave for G. Hoey, Constable of the Hundred of Ringmer, dated 1832 and applied with assorted small silver labels dated variously to 1879, each engraved with the names of 15 subsequent Constables and High Constables together with their years of office, the largest label engraved; ‘B. Thorpe High Constable 1868 - Cliffe Volunteer Fire Brigade Estd. 1864’ with engraving of a fireman standing by his engine, overall length 35cm
£1,000-1,500

Condition:
Tipstave structurally good with no splits; losses to the red ground and to coronet cresting, see images. No notable evidence of restoration to the painted surface.

Sold for £16,000