MAKE A MEME View Large Image Italian - Mace - Walters 51529.jpg A mace is a club-like weapon with a shaft and a large head often with radiating flanges In the Middle Ages it was used by a knight on horseback in the combat that followed the initial charge with lances ...
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Keywords: Italian - Mace - Walters 51529.jpg A mace is a club-like weapon with a shaft and a large head often with radiating flanges In the Middle Ages it was used by a knight on horseback in the combat that followed the initial charge with lances With technical improvements in armor and other weapons it lost its role in war but continued to be carried as a symbol of military rank ca 1550 steel cm 62 2 accession number 51 529 17714 Hollingworth Magniac 1786-1867 Colworth Bedford date of acquisition unknown by purchase Charles Magniac Colworth 1867 by inheritance Sale Christie's London July 2 or 4 1892 no 911 Clements date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Griffith Keasbey New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale American Art Association New York November 29 1924 no 64 Henry Walters Baltimore 1924 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Weapons in the Walters Art Museum Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Flanged maces
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