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This delicately crafted mace, with its head of silver-gilt pierced with tulip designs, was not a battle weapon; it was probably an insignia of command in the Ottoman army. Similar examples were taken as booty after the unsuccessful Turkish siege of Vienna in 1683.
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Title: Mace
Date: 1648–87
Culture: Turkish
Medium: Silver, copper alloy (niello), leather, wood
Dimensions: L. 24 in. (60.96 cm); Diam. of head 3 1/8 in. (8 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 3 oz. (535 g)
Classification: Shafted Weapons
Credit Line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Object Number: 36.25.2958
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