The George Ralph Leyland Collection of Truncheons and Tipstaffs
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A 19th Century brass tipstaff, the Victorian crown unscrewing to reveal a warrant container, 8.25ins £200-300
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A Victorian brass and ebony handled tipstaff, the gilt crown surmounting a gilt plate engraved “Constable 3 Cardiff”, 8ins £300-400
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A Victorian tipstaff/warrant staff of the kind used by The Bow Street Runners, the turned ebony handle surmounted by a brass crown and orb, with brass fitting end, 3.375ins £200-300
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An unusual 18th/19th Century tipstaff surmounted by a brass crown with red velvet infill, mahogany handle and brass ring end, 6.5ins £120-160
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A tipstaff, the crown and central shaft of plated brass on a turned hardwood handle, 5.25ins (possibly Scottish), and an unusual Victorian hardwood tipstaff painted with a crown above “V.R.”, 4.675ins £150-200
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A Victorian turned wood tipstaff painted in red and gold with the “V.1.R.” on a green background, 15.25ins, a turned wood tipstaff painted with the royal coat of arms, 10.5ins, and a small George IV turned wood tipstaff painted with the royal arms, “GR” under a crown on a gold ground, 9ins £250-350
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A pair of turned wood and green painted tipstaffs, each 23.5ins £150-200
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An Edward VII Special Constable’s short weighted truncheon painted with “E.R” beneath a crown, City of London shield and “Special Constable 59”, 15ins, with leather carrying strap £80-100
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with the royal crown above “I”, “VR” cipher above “No. 2” and “Bridewell”, all on a black ground, 14.25ins £120-160
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An Edward VII turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over “ER” above “Southwark Borough Police” within a shaped red and gilt cartouche, all on a black ground, 15ins £100-150
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A George III turned wood truncheon, the large head painted with the royal crown and “GR3”, “Parish of St. Aldate” and a coat of arms of three red inverted chevrons with red dots above each on a white ground, the head unscrewing from the handle and stamped “200” to base of handle, 12ins £120-160
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A William IV turned wood truncheon painted with a royal crown and “IV” above “W.R.”, with “Bow St”, on a black ground, 15.5ins £100-150
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A William IV turned boxwood long truncheon painted with “W.R.” over a crown, “St. M.N.” (for St. Mary’s Newington), over a City of London shield, 18.25ins, and a Victorian turned wood truncheon with the City of London coat of arms over “21C” in a red and gold cartouche and dated 1852, 17.5ins £150-200
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon with crown and “VR” cipher over the City of London arms, over “216”, 17.5ins, and a Victorian turned boxwood truncheon worded “Hackney” within a red and gilt cartouche above the letters “B7”, and stamped “HB7”, 17.75ins £120-160
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A short Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with a crown and “VR” over the Manchester coat of arms above the initials “M.Pol”, 12.25ins £120-160
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over “VR” above the Manchester arms and inscribed “Parish”, 12.75ins, and another painted with a “VR” cipher and crown over arms of Manchester coat of arms, and with original leather carrying strap, 12ins £150-200
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A late Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with the “VR” cipher under a crown above “1893”, with arms of Manchester and “Constable 54” within red and gilt cartouche, 18.25ins, and a George IV truncheon painted with a crown over “GR” cipher above Manchester arms, with leather carrying strap, 15.75ins £150-200
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A William IV turned wood truncheon with “WRIV” cipher over a crown and inscribed “Special Constable Epping Div.n 213”, 18.5ins £120-160
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the arms of Durham and inscribed “City of Durham”, 14ins, and a Victorian turned wood truncheon, painted with a crown over “VR” above a cartouche inscribed “Ulverston Police” to the garter surround, and “Special Constable” to the centre, 17.5ins £150-200
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An Edward VII turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over “ER” cipher above red and gold cartouche inscribed “Hull Police”, with original leather carrying strap, 15.5ins £80-120
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with the royal crown over a “VR” cipher above the arms for St. Aldate, London above the initials “G.B.C. No. 1”, 19ins, a Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with the royal crown over the “VR” cipher above “No. 41”, 17.5ins and a George IV turned wood truncheon with royal cipher over a crown above “St. Oswald’s Parish” and “Durham”, with original carrying strap, 16.25ins £150-200
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A George IV turned wood long truncheon painted with royal arms with supporters above the royal cipher over “Town of Abingdon. Nightly Watch”, 23.75ins, a Victorian truncheon painted with crown over the “VR” cipher above “Newton-Ferrers Police 1854”, 15.75ins, a Victorian rosewood truncheon painted with the royal crown over the “VR” cipher above anchor and shell, 16ins, and a late 19th Century truncheon painted with the arms of Shrewsbury and inscribed “Borough of Shrewsbury” and impressed with crown over “Salop”, 15.75ins £200-250
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A 19th Century turned wood truncheon inscribed “C” over “19” above “Deadham”, 24ins £120-160
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An early Victorian plain turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the “VR” cipher above “Dorchester” and “1840”, 17ins £100-150
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A George III plain wood truncheon or tipstaff painted with date “1793” over a crown with “GR3” cipher under above Newcastle Upon Tyne coat of arms and inscribed “J. Rudman Esqr. Mayor”, 11.75ins £120-160
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A George V presentation turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the “GR” cipher and inscribed “Elstead.Surrey” and further inscribed to the other side “H.R.H King George V. Presented to Inspector F.W. Butt by the People of Elstead - for his assistance during the Coronation. 1910” and “God Save the King” over “The Lamb of God” with banner, with original carrying strap, 15.75ins £120-160
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with the royal cipher above a crown, with arms of Bridgewater above red and gilt cartouche inscribed “Police. Bridgewater” 18.75ins, a Victorian truncheon painted with the royal crown over the “VR” cipher above a coat of arms of Cross of St. George with four lions en passant gardant on a white ground above the initials “Y.P.”, 17.25ins, a George V truncheon painted with the royal crown above “GR” cipher over red and gilt cartouche inscribed “Evesham Police 1915-1919.W.S.C.”, 15ins and a Victorian truncheon painted with star over the royal cipher above gilt cartouche worded “Constable” and further inscribed “Arundel”, 12.25ins £200-250
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An early Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with the royal arms within a garter above “Spe.....Constable” within a red and gilt cartouche over “CP” and “A.F.F.” over 1848, 18ins £120-160
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over a royal cipher above gilt and red cartouche bearing the inscription “No. 66”, 19.75ins, a Victorian truncheon painted with a crown over a royal cipher above a crest of three diagonal gilt lines on a red ground within a shield and the inscription “New Batle” (over stamped with a royal cipher and a crown) and a further stamp of a crown over “MP”, a Victorian truncheon with a crown over an oval cartouche with a royal cipher on a red ground, the border inscribed “Special Constables” above an anchor, 17.5ins, and a George V truncheon with a coloured transfer of a crown over a royal monogram above “Birmingham Special Constabulary” cartouche and the date 1916-1919, 15.75ins £200-250
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon inscribed in gilt on a blue ground “Navigation Constable”, the royal cipher and “S.W.C.” (Shropshire and Worcester Canal Company), 17ins £100-120
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A Victorian turned boxwood truncheon painted with a crown over the royal cipher above a cartouche in gilt and red inscribed “M.C.”, 15.5ins £250-300
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A George IV turned wood truncheon painted with a royal crown over “G.IV.R” with red and black painted handle, 18.75ins (weighted) £120-160
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A mid Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the “VR” cipher on a black ground (circa 1840-1860), 16.25ins £120-160
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A William IV turned wood truncheon painted with the royal cipher over a crown above “No. 9” on a black ground, 15.5ins £200-250
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A George III (?) turned mahogany tipstaff painted with a crown and a royal monogram (indistinct), 12.25ins, a short turned wood mahogany truncheon inlaid in brass with “No. 6” and “VR”, 10.5ins, and a turned mahogany truncheon (undecorated), 13.5ins £120-160
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A George IV turned wood long truncheon painted with a crown over “GRIV” and “G.B.” over “20”, 19.5ins, and a Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with “S.C. Jan 1868.VR”, 17.5ins £150-180
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A George III turned wood truncheon painted with “GR3” over a crown and the royal arms above the inscription “Glastonbury”, with the number “7” carved into the handle, 13ins, a Victorian truncheon with printed, painted and applied paper, full royal coat of arms over “VR” cipher above shield inscribed “The Memorable 10th April 1848, Field Day of the British Constitution”, over initials “RCB” over a further full royal coat of arms, 17.25ins, and a Victorian truncheon painted with a crown over full royal coat of arms and “Honi Soi Qui Mal Y Pense”, over the painted arms of Brighton (two gold dolphins on a red ground within a diamond shaped panel), 20.25ins £200-250
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the royal cipher above red and gilt cartouche worded “Police”, the upper part stamped with a broad arrow over WD, also stamped with “II”, 15.75ins £100-120
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A Victorian plain turned wood and brass mounted truncheon or tipstaff, the top brass end engraved with a royal cipher over “1”, the lower end brass cap left plain (weighted - probably Yorkshire), 15.5ins £120-160
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A Victorian Prison Officer’s turned hardwood two part flail, 20.75ins, and a George IV plain turned wood truncheon with brass ends, the upper engraved with the royal cipher over “Wigginton”, with iron eye to upper end, 18.5ins £120-160
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with “V.R.” over an oval cartouche worded “G.S.C.” over 312, 18.25ins, a Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the royal cipher and stamped “2590”, 18ins, and a Victorian truncheon painted with a crown over the royal cipher within an oval red cartouche and worded “Special Constable” above an anchor, 19ins £200-250
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the royal cipher, 8.25ins, the butt end stamped “Parker Holborn”, a William IV truncheon painted with the royal cipher over a crown above gilt and red cartouche worded “H.P.”, 14.25ins, and a Victorian short truncheon painted with a crown over the royal cipher, 12.25ins £150-200
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with the heraldic device of a griffin over “No.2.Asylum” and the rod of Asclepius, 17.75ins £120-160
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with the royal cipher over “1”, 17.5ins, and a Victorian truncheon stamped with a crown over painted a painted royal cipher, 18ins £150-200
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the royal arms over the crest of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and dated “1854”, and inscription “Corpus Christi”, 16.5ins, and a Victorian truncheon painted with “WP” over a crown over the arms of St. Mary’s College, Oxford, centred on the royal arms and inscribed “Oxford (St. Mary)”, 13ins £150-250
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A George IV turned wood truncheon painted with the royal cipher over a crown supported by the arms of Bath above the inscription “City of Bath”, 15.5ins, a short truncheon painted with the royal arms with supporters over a shield of the City of Bath, 13.25ins (weighted), and a Victorian truncheon with crown over a royal cipher above the arms of the City of Bath, 14.5ins £220-260
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with the full royal arms and supports over the royal cipher above gilt and red cartouche, worded “S.C. 1868 D.M.”, 17.75ins, a Victorian long truncheon painted with a royal cipher over a crown above a painted knot over “W26”, 20ins, and an Edward VII truncheon painted with a crown over the monarch’s initials over knot above “S.C” over “106” (Staffordshire Constabulary), with original carrying strap, 12.25ins £200-250
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A George V turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the royal cipher above arms bearing three field guns and the initials “R.G.P.F.” (Royal Gun Powder Factory, Waltham Abbey), with original carrying leather strap, 14.75ins, a George V short truncheon painted with a crown over “G.R” above “W.R.C.D.B 1915” (West Riding Yorkshire Dewsbury Police), with original leather carrying strap, 13ins, and a George V truncheon painted with a crown over “GR” above the arms of Scarborough and inscribed “Special Constable 1914-1919”, with original leather carrying strap, 15ins £200-250
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A Victorian (?) turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the royal arms centred with the arms of Lewes above the inscription “Lewes”, 15.25ins, a Victorian truncheon painted with a crown to upper end above “V.R” and the inscription “Pevensey Court House”, 21.25ins, and a Victorian truncheon painted with a crown over “V.R” above the arms of Plymouth (wormed), 18.5ins £150-200
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A Victorian turned wood truncheon painted with a crown over the royal cipher above gilt and red cartouche and inscribed “Constable 1887” and inscribed “Chester Police”, 14.75ins, a Victorian truncheon painted with a crown over the royal cipher above gilt and red cartouche and inscribed “Longton”, 14.5ins, and original carrying strap, and a Victorian truncheon painted with a crown over “V.R” above “4” over a crest of three lions passant gardant on a red and blue shield, the outer part with white crosses, 18ins £200-250
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