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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.
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.
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Object Details
| ID: | PLT0705 |
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| 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 |