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Fig. 877. Mace head of iron

Possibly of the middle of the XIVth century Collection: M. Charles Boissonnas, Geneva

Fig. 878. Mace with a head of iron

Late XIVth century National Bavarian Museum of Munich

Fig. 879. Mace

French (?), about 1470. Wallace Collection (Laking Catalogue, No. 621)

and pierced with trefoils. In the Baron de Cosson's Collection is a small and most knightly weapon of this class surmounted by a castellated crown, which its owner considers to be of French origin and to date from the third quarter of the XVth century. Here the haft is solid and hexagonal in section; while the flanged head is large in size in comparison with the general proportions of the weapon (Fig. 880). Another fine mace of about the same period, also considered to be French, is in the collection of M. Charles Boissonnas of Geneva. The grip of this example is covered with cuir bouilli tooled with a floral design (Fig. 881). Often in the case of XVth century examples, as in that of the maces of the previous centuries, it