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Rare and Fine Antique Arms & Armour

Friday 31 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A war mace

Estimate

€ 800 - 1.200

Sold

€ 2.625

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

height 73,5 cm
Cylindrical, iron head, provided with seven flanges with a border slightly cusped at the centre and lobed at the edges. The sides of the flanges decorated with pierced rosette and engraved outlines. At the top a small, spheroid button on a base shaped as a truncated cone. Hollow, iron shaft shaped as a truncated cone (almost cylindrical) in the upper segment and of octagonal section in the lower one, decorated with a twisted-worked ring at the girdle and with cap at the bottom, also twisted and button-shaped. Opening to insert a lace. Of good quality. A 16th-century original item or a fine 19th century copy?