Not currently on display at the V&A

Mace

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kolhapur (made)

Six-bladed mace with pierced blades of embossed and gold damascened steel mounted on an octagonal shaft with an Indian basket hilt.


Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Mace
Materials and techniques
Forged steel, embossed and damascened with gold
Brief description
Six-bladed mace (dhara) embossed and damascened with gold on an octagonal shaft with an Indian basket hilt, Kolhapur, 19th century.
Physical description
Six-bladed mace with pierced blades of embossed and gold damascened steel mounted on an octagonal shaft with an Indian basket hilt.
Dimensions
  • Taken from egerton length: 24in
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Object history
As originally arranged and displayed in Exhibition Road Indian Museum galleries until 1955, with some additions while in storage, case F.714
Production
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879
Bibliographic references
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 115, Cat. No. 468
  • Egerton, Wilbraham, An illustrated handbook of Indian arms; being a classified and descriptive catalogue of the arms exhibited at the India museum: with an introductory sketch of the military history of India, London, 1880 p.115
Other numbers
  • 468 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 8653-'55 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
3169(IS)

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Record createdOctober 2, 2003
Record URL
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