mazer

mazer
/may"zeuhr/, n.
a large metal drinking bowl or cup, formerly of wood.
[1150-1200; ME: kind of wood (prob. maple), OE maeser- (in adj. maeseren, equiv. to maeser maple + -en -EN2); c. ON mosurr maple, MHG maser maple, drinking cup]

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      medieval drinking bowl of turned (shaped on a lathe) wood, usually spotted maple. The oldest extant examples, dating from the early 14th century, are mounted with silver or silver-gilt bands around the lip and foot and have an engraved or enameled embossed medallion, called a print or boss, in the centre of the inside of the bowl. During the 15th century the bowls became shallower, and their mounts, which became wider, displayed inscriptions of a religious or secular character; more elaborate versions of the simple prototype were also made, including the double-mazer, which has a small bowl inverted on a larger one, and the standing mazer, which has an unusually high silver foot. Mazers are extremely rare after the 16th century.

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