Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Highly decorated medieval (?) french two hand mace

cornelistromp · 9th August 2014, 11:18 AM

Thanks for the clear pictures!
Iam sorry but no matter how much you want to believe it, it is sure to be a later reproduction and not an original mace.
the faint lines and very low quality of the fleur de lis in your pictures clearly show that it is a casting and no chiselling in relief.
The mace from the berlinerzeughaus inv. nr4453 you posted, is of a totally different category, high quality carving and etching and non comparable to the coarse casting/workmanship of your mace.

hereby also attached some pictures how a 16th-century mace should look.

Best,

9th August 2014, 11:18 AM	#9
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,064	Thanks for the clear pictures! Iam sorry but no matter how much you want to believe it, it is sure to be a later reproduction and not an original mace. the faint lines and very low quality of the fleur de lis in your pictures clearly show that it is a casting and no chiselling in relief. The mace from the berlinerzeughaus inv. nr4453 you posted, is of a totally different category, high quality carving and etching and non comparable to the coarse casting/workmanship of your mace. hereby also attached some pictures how a 16th-century mace should look. Best, Attached Images Last edited by cornelistromp; 9th August 2014 at 11:45 AM.