Lot Essay
Cf. a somewhat similar mace in the National Museum in Cracow, Czartoryski Collections (inv. no. XIV-422), illustrated in Zdzislaw Zygulski, jr., Stara bron w polskich zbiorach, p. 68, plate 58a
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MID-17TH CENTURY
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A Polish Or Hungarian Ceremonial Mace
Mid-17th Century
The onion-shaped brass head formed of fourteen close-set pierced flanges, at the top shaped to form a flower centring on a bun-shaped spirally-gadrooned finial, and incised throughout with close-set semi-circles and chevrons, the wooden haft of circular section, the central third covered with green velvet (worn), elsewhere enclosed in brass tubes stamped with decoration comprising longitudinal bands of trellis-work, framing cross-shaped flowers, the brass retaining traces of gilding throughout
19¾in. (50.2cm.)
Mid-17th Century
The onion-shaped brass head formed of fourteen close-set pierced flanges, at the top shaped to form a flower centring on a bun-shaped spirally-gadrooned finial, and incised throughout with close-set semi-circles and chevrons, the wooden haft of circular section, the central third covered with green velvet (worn), elsewhere enclosed in brass tubes stamped with decoration comprising longitudinal bands of trellis-work, framing cross-shaped flowers, the brass retaining traces of gilding throughout
19¾in. (50.2cm.)
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