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Fig. 1403. Mace. North Italian, late XVIth century. Modelled after the Indian gargaz. Wallace Collection (Laking Catalogue, No. 647)

Fig. 1404. Mace. North Italian, late XVIth century. Modelled after the Indian gargaz. K 56, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris

Fig. 1405. Commander's baton. The final form of the mace. Spanish, late XVIth century. Wallace Collection (Laking Catalogue, No. 823)

Collection (No. 823). This takes the shape of a hollow cylinder of russet iron—its whole surface inlaid with a closely grouped table of numerals in gold azzimina (Fig. 1405). From the character of the damascening we would consider this mace to be of Spanish origin, and made towards the