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The Watson Mazer
Artist: English
Location: National Museum of Scotland
Date: 1500 - 1525
Materials: maplewood & silver
Grant:
Amount Paid: £750 (Total: £1,750)
Vendor: Arthur McTaggart Short
Review number: 1520 (1948)
Provenance:
Watson family of Saughton
Description:
A Scottish drinking vessel, this is called a 'standing' mazer because the maplewood bowl is raised a few inches on a silver stem and foot. The stem in this example is trumpet shaped, beaten out into flattened lobes, and engraved around the foot.
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