A William IV/Victorian turned and painted truncheon for the City of London, decorated with the Arms of the City of London and inscribed BRIDGE, verso A.6, turned grip, 51.5cm in lengthNote: 'BRIDGE' refers to the Ward of Bridge Within. It is a small ward in the City of London, and it is named from its closeness to London Bridge. A separate ward, called 'Bridge Without', existed south of the Thames in Southwark. The existing ward north of the river became 'Bridge Within', while 'Bridge Without' fell beyond the gates on London Bridge, the full span of which was for many centuries lined with buildings - including many hoes - forming part of the ward of 'Bridge Within'.Provenance: Erland Fenn Clark Collection, illtrated and described in Truncheons, Their Romance and Reality, E.F. Clark, 1935, pp 52-53 and E.R.H. Dicken Collection, illtrated and described in The History of Truncheons, E.R.H Dicken, 1952, p. 84, Plate 15.