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Image © National Museums Scotland
View full screenBute or Bannatyne mazer, a deep circular bowl of bird's-eye maple wood with engraved silver rim, on a flared silver foot, the metal boss is decorated with a lion and six heraldic shields, Scotland, 1314 - 1327, rim and straps added during the 16th century
IL.2001.182.1.1
Scotland, Northern Europe
1314 - 1700
Maple wood; silver; silver gilt
Bute of Bannatyne
Robert the Bruce, 1274 - 1329
Angels, Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland (12 Aug 1982 - 26 Sep 1982)
Royal Museum of Scotland
26 Treasures in the National Museum of Scotland (01 Dec 2011 - 29 Jan 2012)
World Wide Web
Glenn, Virginia, Romanesque & Gothic: Decorative Metalwork and Ivory Carvings in the Museum of Scotland, NMSE Publishing, Edinburgh, 2003
Caldwell, D.H. (ed). Angels Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1982
On loan from The Bute Collection at Mount Stuart