A POLISH CEREMONIAL MACE

LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A POLISH CEREMONIAL MACE
LATE 17TH CENTURY
WITH SIX-FLANGED ROCK CRYSTAL HEAD (SLIGHT DAMAGE) INLAID WITH LATER GREEN STONES, ON CLOTH-COVERED WOODEN HAFT SHEATHED AT EACH END IN SILVER-GILT SHEET EMBOSSED WITH INTERLACED STRAPWORK AND FOLIAGE ON A GRANULAR GROUND
21¼IN. (54CM.)
CF. THE CRYSTAL-HEADED MACE IN THE HUSSAR GARNITURE OF CHRISTIAN II OF SAXONY IN ZWINGER PALACE, DRESDEN, ILLUSTRATED IN C. JARNUSKIEWICZ, SZABLA, PLATE 123

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