Mace Collection (#5)

Marquesas Islanders: woman in turban, and chief of Tahuata Island (Santa Christina) in headdress. Feather headdress 1, fringed necklace 2, 4, fan 3, and war mace 5

Kanak natives of New Caledonia. Man in loincloth with spear and mace, woman in grass skirt, in front of huts. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Indian servants clothes: hukabardar or hookah pipe bearer, caukidar or watchman, serkar or steward, jamadar or head servant, seated banian or chief servant comptroller, chobdar or mace bearer

Medieval battle weapons and horse armour barding. Varieties of axe, mace, hammer, mallet, cudgel, and champron and crinet armour

Soldiers and weapons from the Bayeux Tapestry. Men in plate and chainmail armour armed with mace, lance, sword and shield

Oliver Cromwell dissolving the long parliament, 1653, and receiving the mace from a soldier. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Arms and armour of the Mamluks including armour, sabre, mace, arrow, helmet, sword, quiver, arrows, shield, musket, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios

Bulrush, creat cats tail or reed mace, Typha latifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

Nutmeg and clove spice trees
Mace and nutmeg tree, Myristica fragrans, and clove spice tree, Syzygium aromaticum, 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr

Mace bearer or massier, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

Sergent d armes or serjeant-at-arms with ceremonial mace, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph after a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Roger de Gaignieres portfolio VI 149 from Le

Mace and Woolsack, House of Lords, Westminster (b / w photo)
3094766 Mace and Woolsack, House of Lords, Westminster (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mace and Woolsack, House of Lords, Westminster)

Louis VI of France fighting the English at the Battle of Brenneville, 1119. (engraving)
969148 Louis VI of France fighting the English at the Battle of Brenneville, 1119. (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Jem Mace, boxer

Macehead of Narmer (limestone)
1216315 Macehead of Narmer (limestone) by Egyptian, Protodynastic Period (c.3200-3000 BC); 19.8x18.7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Sir John Voce Moore leading Joseph Chamberlain
A Couple of Js. Serjeant-at-Arms Sir John Voce Moore (18261904), English businessman and Lord Mayor of London (1898) leading Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) into the House of Commons. Date: 1900

Mace bearer of the Paris Parlement, 14th Century (coloured engraving)
976134 Mace bearer of the Paris Parlement, 14th Century (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mace bearer of the Paris Parlement, 14th Century)

Cromwell dissolving the English Parliament
This illustration shows Cromwell asserting his authority in dissolving the English Rump Parliament on 20 April 1653. He is shown ordering the removal of the golden mace from Parliament. 1653

Macehead of Narmer (limestone)
1216317 Macehead of Narmer (limestone) by Egyptian, Protodynastic Period (c.3200-3000 BC); 19.8x18.7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Lichfield "Greenhill Bower"(engraving)
1612163 Lichfield " Greenhill Bower" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lichfield " Greenhill Bower")

High Altar: proposed gold and silver staves and maces, actual size (pencil, ink, brush
3120470 High Altar: proposed gold and silver staves and maces, actual size (pencil, ink, brush, w/c & silver paint on grey card) by A. Edward Jones & Co

Macehead of Narmer (limestone)
1216323 Macehead of Narmer (limestone) by Egyptian, Protodynastic Period (c.3200-3000 BC); 19.8x18.7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Political Candour, i. e. Coalition Resolutions of June 14th 1805
NCO189766 Political Candour, i.e. Coalition Resolutions of June 14th 1805. Pro Bono Publico, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1805 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray

Battle of Beggars and Peasants over a Barrel of Wine, from the Book of King Modus
XJF173299 Battle of Beggars and Peasants over a Barrel of Wine, from the Book of King Modus, illustration from Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

St Hugh of Lincoln (stone)
NCO368353 St Hugh of Lincoln (stone) by English School, (14th century); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

The Regalia of Scotland, Enlargements of Sceptre, Sword and Scabbard, and Mace, to half real size (chromolitho)
2812015 The Regalia of Scotland, Enlargements of Sceptre, Sword and Scabbard, and Mace, to half real size (chromolitho) by English School

Punch cartoon: Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, Anglo-Irish journalist
6034960 Punch cartoon: Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, Anglo-Irish journalist, landowner and Conservative politician (engraving) by Sambourne

The Death of Winkelreid (engraving)
6021214 The Death of Winkelreid (engraving) by Green, Charles (1840-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Death of Winkelreid)

King Arthur and Sir Lancelot, 1862 (stained glass)
BRA65422 King Arthur and Sir Lancelot, 1862 (stained glass) by Morris, William (1834-96); Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, West Yorkshire, UK; eBradford Museums & Galleries; English

Portrait of Nadir Shah, one of a pair with Karim Khan Zand
5914870 Portrait of Nadir Shah, one of a pair with Karim Khan Zand, Qajar Iran (pigment with gold & ink on paper) by Iranian School

The Landing of William the Conqueror, from The Comic History of England, pub
3075744 The Landing of William the Conqueror, from The Comic History of England, pub. 1864 (woodcut) by Leech, John (1817-64); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Joseph Chamberlains speech on the Boer War in the House of Commons on 2 August 1901 (litho)
3627023 Joseph Chamberlains speech on the Boer War in the House of Commons on 2 August 1901 (litho) by Paget, Sidney (1860-1908); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cromwell dissolving Parliament, "Take Away That Bauble. "(colour litho)
3641793 Cromwell dissolving Parliament, " Take Away That Bauble." (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cromwell dissolving Parliament)

Habit of an East Indian (engraving)
3640513 Habit of an East Indian (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Habit of an East Indian)

Portrait of Pase Guarienti (1500-c. 63), Venetian knight and noble
JFS81257 Portrait of Pase Guarienti (1500-c.63), Venetian knight and noble by Brusasorci, Domenico (c.1516-67) (attr. to); 204x116 cm; Museo del Castelvecchio, Verona

The White Knight, Alices Adventures In Wonderland And Through The Looking-Glass And
2657695 The White Knight, Alices Adventures In Wonderland And Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll (1832 - 98), published 1911 (coloured lithograph) by Tenniel

Baron FitzGibbon, 1789 (oil on canvas)
491035 Baron FitzGibbon, 1789 (oil on canvas) by Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828); 245x154 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: John FitzGibbon)

Stephan Fadinger (d. 1626), leader of Austrian peasant revolt (1625-1626) (engraving
CHT223905 Stephan Fadinger (d.1626), leader of Austrian peasant revolt (1625-1626) (engraving) (photo) by German School, (17th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Beadle (colour litho)
3650312 Beadle (colour litho) by Petherick, H.W. (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beadle. Illustration for London Characters (Aunt Louisas London Toy Books, Frederick Warne)

Somersetshire Archaeological Society (engraving)
1097301 Somersetshire Archaeological Society (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Somersetshire Archaeological Society)

Wire-bound knobkerrie (wood)
MGS171709 Wire-bound knobkerrie (wood) by Zulu, (19th century); Private Collection; eMichael Graham-Stewart; South African, out of copyright

Mace-bearer under King Louis XII, 16th century
5855240 Mace-bearer under King Louis XII, 16th century by Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902); (add.info.: Mace-bearer under King Louis XII, 16th century, from a contemporary miniature)

Weapons and Implements of the Tribes of Central Africa, visited by Mrs W Baker (engraving)
1610762 Weapons and Implements of the Tribes of Central Africa, visited by Mrs W Baker (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Vomic nuts - Nutmeg and mace, Myristica moschata, leaf, seed and fruit. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by
FLO4603844 Vomic nuts - Nutmeg and mace, Myristica moschata, leaf, seed and fruit. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin

Macehead of Narmer (limestone)
1216325 Macehead of Narmer (limestone) by Egyptian, Protodynastic Period (c.3200-3000 BC); 19.8x18.7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

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"Mace: A Symbol of Strength, History, and Independence" From the battlefields to the boxing ring, it has left its mark throughout history. The Staffordshire Regiment proudly carried their maces as a symbol of honor and bravery. Jem Mace, a renowned boxer in his time, fought with determination and skill just like the warriors who wielded maces on ancient battlefields. His fists were his weapons, delivering powerful blows that echoed through the annals of sports history. Speaking of battles, let's not forget the Battle of Bannockburn where Robert the Bruce secured Scotland's independence from England. In this 19th-century wood engraving capturing that historic moment, we can almost feel the weight of those mighty maces clashing against armor. But mace isn't limited to warfare; it finds its place in art too. "The Blackbird Song, " an oil painting from 1908 depicts a serene scene where nature harmonizes with human existence - perhaps reminding us that even amidst chaos and conflict, beauty can still be found. As Vikings stormed British shores centuries ago, they brought along their fearsome weaponry including deadly maces. These formidable tools struck fear into their enemies' hearts as they sought conquest across new lands. Beyond warfare lies another fascinating aspect – culinary delights. Green and red seeds of nutmeg and mace add flavor to dishes worldwide. These precious spices have been cherished for centuries for their aromatic qualities which enhance our taste buds' experience. Back to Jem Mace once again - this time not as a boxer but as a handframe knitter at The Shawl Factory of GH Hurt. This image showcases how skills passed down through generations create intricate patterns reminiscent of historical tapestries or regal garments adorned by kings during grand events like Parliament openings in 1886. And speaking about grandeur brings us to swords, daggers, and yes – even more majestic-looking maces. These weapons, often seen alongside regalia like St.