Mace
| Accession Nr.: | E 60.12 |
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| Date of production: |
second half of the 17th cent.
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| Place of production: | Hungary |
| Materials: | precious stones; silver |
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| Techniques: | chased; parcel-gilt; repoussé/punched |
| Dimensions: |
length: 77,7 cm
width: 9 cm
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The head of the mace is covered with bent silver plates applied on a cylindrical wooden core, the rod is ribbed, ending in a flattened ball. The precious stones are imitations of turquoise and garnet. It may be assumed, that the following item of the 1696 year inventory of the Esterhazy treasury in Frakno deals with this work: "Sceptrum Argenteum deauratum lapidibusque Tyrkesys granatisque exornatum" — (OL. The Inventory of the Ducal Line of the Esterhazy Family. Rep. 8. Fasc. C. No. 38. p. 76.)
Literature
- Szilágyi András: Az Esterházy-kincstár. Helikon Kiadó, Budapest, 1994. - p. 84.
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 2.6. (Szilágyi András)
