Quick Facts

 

·        Made in 1756, London, England

·        By Magdalen Feline, of female gender

·        Length approximately 48 inches

·        Weight about 10 ¾ lbs

·        Made from silver with gold burnishing

·        Cost 90 guineas in 1756

·        Cost today “Priceless” insurance in excess of a $1,000,000.00 US dollars

·        Patterned after the Maundy Mace of the British House of Commons

·        Contains no actual gems

·        Scepter-like in appearance

·        Maces are also called staves

·        Last Mace of the 13 original colonies

·        Oldest Mace in service in the US

·        When not in use the Mace is stored in a secure steel vault with state of the art sensors, motion detectors and video monitoring

·        When the House is in session the two lamps on each end of the podium are illuminated when the Mace is placed in its holder on the same podium

 

Countries that use a Mace today;

 

·        Canada

·        Africa

·        Australia

·        Switzerland

·        Spain

·        USA

 

American colleges and universities that use a Mace today;

 

·        University of South Carolina

·        Clemson University

·        College of Charleston

·        Furman University

·        Charleston Southern University

·        Erskine College

·        Winthrop College

·        The Citadel

 

Most European universities have maces.