A3314

Wooden truncheon; carved corrugated grip; painted black with 'S.C. Janr 186?8 VR' (third digit of date unclear); bottom of grip has a recess for a wriststrap; possibly produced in response to the 'Fenian' riots of 1867-1868? The Fenian movement were Irish Nationalists seeking independence from Britain.

1860's?, 19th century

truncheon, Victorian