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LOT 1132
Medieval Decorated Bronze Macehead Group
14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (155 grams total, 46 mm each).
Each with four large triangular-shaped projections flanked by smaller projections; decorated with groups of ring-and-dot ornaments. [2]
Provenance
Private collection, UK, formed in the 1980s.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Literature
Cf.Gilliot, C., Weapons and Armours, Bayeux, 2008, pp.160-161, for similar maceheads.
Footnotes
The polygonal mace evolved into the hexagonal winged mace. Originating in the East, this weapon spread across Eastern Europe during the 13th century A.D., and from there to the West. The winged mace, used by the western Europeans, was almost certainly based upon Eastern Roman or Islamic prototypes. It is relevant to note that the polygonal mace was widely used by the eastern cavalrymen (like Turkish and Mongols), during the 14th century A.D.
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