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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 942 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAZER , the name of a See also:

special type of drinking See also:vessel, properly made of See also:maple-See also:wood, and so-called from the spotted or " birds-See also:eye " marking on the wood (Ger. Maser, spot, marking, especially on wood; cf. " See also:measles "). These drinking vessels are shallow See also:bowls without handles, with a broad See also:flat See also:foot and a knob or See also:boss in the centre of the inside, known technically as the " See also:print." They were made from the 13th to the 16th centuries, and were the most prized of the various wooden cups in use, and so were ornamented with a rim of See also:precious See also:metal, generally of See also:silver or silver gilt; the foot and the " print " being also of metal. The See also:depth of the mazers seems to have decreased in course of See also:time, those of the 16th See also:century that survive being much shallower than the earlier examples. There are examples with wooden covers with a metal handle, such as the Flemish and See also:German mazers in the See also:Franks See also:Bequest in the See also:British Museum. On the metal rim is usually an inscription, religious or bacchanalian, and the "print" was also often decorated. The later mazers sometimes had metal straps between the rim and the foot. A very See also:fine mazer with silver gilt ornamentation 3 in. deep and 91 in. in See also:diameter was sold in the Braikenridge collection in 1908 for £2300. It bears the See also:London See also:hall-See also:mark of 1534. This example is illustrated in the See also:article See also:PLATE: see also DRINKING VESSELS.

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