4th Dec, 2019 12:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 253
 

253

A MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL

A MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, LATE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR HUNGARIAN with bulbous head formed of eight shaped flanges of slender wedge-section, tubular haft with brazed seam formed in three stages, polygonal three-quarters and octagonal grip at the base 48.2 cm; 19 in overall A similar mace from a Hungarian collection, is illustrated Kovács 2016, pp. 71, no. 24. Another, formerly preserved in the Turkish Chamber, Dresden, is illustrated Schuckelt 2010, cat. No 70 (Inv. Nr. T17).

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A MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, LATE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR HUNGARIAN with bulbous head formed of eight shaped flanges of slender wedge-section, tubular haft with brazed seam formed in three stages, polygonal three-quarters and octagonal grip at the base 48.2 cm; 19 in overall A similar mace from a Hungarian collection, is illustrated Kovács 2016, pp. 71, no. 24. Another, formerly preserved in the Turkish Chamber, Dresden, is illustrated Schuckelt 2010, cat. No 70 (Inv. Nr. T17).