A HUNGARIAN MACE (BUZOGáNY)

MID-17TH CENTURY

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A HUNGARIAN MACE (BUZOGáNY)
MID-17TH CENTURY
WITH LARGE FLUTED ONION-SHAPED HEAD OF GILT COPPER-ALLOY WITH SMALL COMPRESSED FINIAL, ON VELVET-COVERED WOODEN HAFT WITH DEEP TUBULAR GILT COPPER-ALLOY MOUNTS AT EACH END DECORATED WITH APPLIED SHAPED WHITE METAL STRIPS ENGRAVED WITH FINE FOLIATED SCROLLWORK
22IN. (55.8CM.)
CF. THE SILVER MACE OF GYöRGY RáKóCZI II, DATED 1658, IN THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, ILLUSTRATED IN FERENC TEMESVáRY, ARMS AND ARMOUR, COLOUR PLATE VII; ALSO TWO FURTHER MACES DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED IN J. SZENDREI, UNGARISCHE KRIEGSGESCHICHTLICHE DENKMäLER IN DER MILLENIUMS-LANDES-AUSSTELLUNG, BUDAPEST, 1896, PP. 704-5 (NO. 3449), AND PP. 810-11 (NO. 6385)

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