South Carolina
House of Representative's
The Mace
South Carolina House of Representative's Mace
South Carolina
Emblem of Authority
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Panel 1Below and around the crown are four circular decorative panels.These are two pairs of emblems. The first and third panels depict the front and back of King George II’s great seal deputed forSouth Carolina. On front of panel 1 stands the King in coronation robes, with crown, orb, and scepter, receiving a curtsy from a woman.  She is barefoot and wears a loose gown. Upon her head sits a symbolic crown in the form of the turreted walls of a town. The lady’s left breast is bare.  On a ribbon beneath is the province’s motto, taken from Virgil’s Aeneid:  PROPIUS RES ADSPICE NOSTRAS- Look more closely upon our affairs.

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