Mazer
1725 (made)
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Wooden mazer bowls were made for use as drinking vessels across much of medieval northern Europe and continued to be valued in Scandinavia as an example of a traditional native form. The engraved inscription on the silver mount of this mazer translates as ‘So drink on Christmas Eve, that thou forget not in the morning, to make thy offering in the Lord's House' and is dated 1725. The wooden bowl, which may be earlier in date, is painted with flowers on the inside.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver and birchwood, painted |
| Brief description | Mazer, silver and birchwood, painted, Denmark or Norway, 1725 |
| Physical description | Plain round bowl with bevelled edge, with slightly concave base, painted inside with floral sprays in white with touches of black on an ochre-grey ground; silver rim nailed to bowl has strawberry leaf border and inscription. |
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| Object history | Purchase - (£4) Fru S Verdier, Ostergade 4, Copenhagen From Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975: The bowl was acquired as Danish. A Norwegian origin is equally likley. |
| Production | Denmark or Norway; Unmarked |
| Summary | Wooden mazer bowls were made for use as drinking vessels across much of medieval northern Europe and continued to be valued in Scandinavia as an example of a traditional native form. The engraved inscription on the silver mount of this mazer translates as ‘So drink on Christmas Eve, that thou forget not in the morning, to make thy offering in the Lord's House' and is dated 1725. The wooden bowl, which may be earlier in date, is painted with flowers on the inside. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975
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| Accession number | 1566-1903 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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