© National Museum of Scotland
The Galloway Mazer
Artist: James Gray
Location: National Museum of Scotland
Date: 1569
Materials: maplewood & silver
Dimensions: 21 x 21 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,100 (Total: £11,550)
Vendor: Earls of Galloway
Review number: 1732 (1954)
Provenance:
Archibald Stewart, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Stewart's great-niece married the brother of the Ist Earl of Galloway and the mazer passed into that family where it remained until 1954; Sotheby's 1954.
Description:
The Galloway (standing) Mazer or drinking vessel. The maplewood bowl rests on a collar over a baluster stem chased with acanthus fronds on tooled ground and a compressed knop. The circular foot is repousse with a band of cupids among foliage.
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