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Apr 9, 2020
Seven-Flanged Mace
Seven-Flanged Mace
c. 1540–50
Gilded russet steel; with chiseled foliate decoration
Support: Chisled foliate decoration
Overall: 64.5 cm (25 3/8 in.); Head: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Weight: 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1589
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In use throughout the middle ages, the mace became increasingly popular in the 1400s and 1500s because edged weapons (such as swords) were ineffective against fully developed plate armor.
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The mace was primarily a weapon for mounted warriors in both actual combat and courtly contests. For this reason it was regarded as a knightly weapon. Arming oneself with a mace had gradually taken on significance among the nobility and commanding officers. It eventually came to be considered a badge of rank, to be carried by its owner in parades and other ceremonial occasions, as this decorated example certainly was.
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