Mazer

Description

Galloway mazer of silver gilt with a maplewood bowl, by James Gray, Canongate, 1569, made for Archibald Stewart, later Provost of Edinburgh, and his wife, inherited by the Earls of Galloway

Museum reference

H.MEQ 148

Object name

Mazer

Production information

Gray, James, 1563 - 1569 (fl.), Silversmith
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1569

Materials

Silver gilt, Maple

Physical description

Silver gilt, maplewood

Associations

Previous owner: Archibald Stewart
Previous owner: Earl of Galloway

Exhibitions

• Mary Queen of Scots (28 Jun 2013 - 17 Nov 2013)
  National Museum of Scotland

Credit

Acquired with the aid of the Art Fund