Silver Admiralty Marshal's mace, 1794.

Silver Admiralty Marshal's mace, 1794.

The mace comprises a narrow shaft with three bands, decorated on the top section with a foul anchor in relief. Another foul anchor is incised as a seal on the flat base of the shaft. At the top of the shaft, over a circular medallion engraved with the pre-1801 Hanoverian Royal coat of arms, is a three-dimensional open Royal Crown. The lower part of the crown is inscribed: 'EVAN JONES, MARSHAL OF THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY OF ENGLAND, 1850'.

Oar maces were ceremonial symbols of authority used in the Admiralty courts.

Object Details

ID: PLT0705
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Mace
Display location: Not on display
Creator: B., M.
Date made: 1794-1795; 1794-95
People: Jones, Evan
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Fund
Measurements: Overall: 290 x 60 mm
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