VERY RARE VINTAGE WOOD SPIKED BALL & CHAIN FLAIL MACE MORNING STAR EUROPEAN UK !

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VERY RARE VINTAGE WOOD SPIKED BALL & CHAIN MACE FLAIL MORNING STAR - KNOWN PROVENANCE: IN THE EARLY 1980s A NEIGHBOR, WHO HAD LIVED THERE FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF DECADES; A 93 YEAR OLD BRITISH WOMAN, WITH, NO LIE, A PEG LEG, FROM MID-CALF DOWN WAS A ROD, WAS MOVING INTO A NURSING HOME & WAS SELLING THE CONTENTS OF HER HOME - TO SET THE SCENE: A PLACE THAT LOOKED LIKE A SECRET GLOBAL ADVENTURERS CLUB, FILLED WITH THE STUFF HER DECEASED HUSBAND & HER HAD COLLECTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD, STUFF LIKE BABOON HEADS & OTHER ANIMALS ON THE WALL, AN ENTIRE STUFFED ALLIGATOR, A STUFFED BEAR AS TALL AS THE ROOM, TUSKS, HORNS, SKULLS, HIDES, HUGE CRYSTAL SPECIMENS, MULTIPLE SUITS OF ARMOR, SHIELDS, SPEARS, SWORDS, STOOLS MADE FROM ELEPHANT'S FEET & ONE MADE FROM A TURTLE, ETC. ON & ON, & THIS SPIKED BALL & CHAIN MACE THAT SHE GAVE ME (THERE IS ANOTHER SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT ONE IN THE STORE AS WELL, SAME STORY). I'VE HAD IT EVER SINCE; I KNOW NOTHING OF ITS HISTORY; THOUGH IT'S LIKELY BRITISH OR AT LEAST EUROPEAN GIVEN HER ORIGIN & ITS APPEARANCE. I KNOW NOTHING OF ITS AGE, ETC; THIS IS THE SUM TOTAL OF ITS KNOWN HISTORY. - APPROX. 28.5" LONG, END TO END, & SPIKES / WIDTH OF BALL IS 5.5" ACROSS; UNKNOWN WOOD; HANDLE QUITE POSSIBLY A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WOOD; SEEMS LIGHTER - VINTAGE HANDMADE CHARACTER / WEAR / IMPERFECTIONS / SCUFFS / MARKS / AGING / CRACKS / HOLES / CHIPS (SOME NEWER WITH LIGHTER COLOR WOOD UNDERNEATH, & SOME OLDER, WITH DARKER WOOD UNDERNEATH / ETC., METAL IS AGED / WORN / OXIDIZED / ETC - PLEASE SEE EXTENSIVE QUALITY PICS & ENLARGE FOR DETAILS / CONDITION
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