206 Two Wiltshire Mazers, 
On the opposite page is a photo-print of another mazer, in 
the possession of the Rev. C. E. B. Barnwell, of Southbroom 
Vicarage, Devizes. This, though smaller than the beautifu] example 
in the possession of Mr. W. Jerdone Braikenridge, engraved and 
described by Mr. St. John Hope in the Archezologia, so closely 
resembles it in style of ornamentation and detail of workmanship 
as to lead to the belief that both were fashioned by the same hand. 
The dimensions are as follow :—diameter, four inches and a half ; 
depth of bowl, one inch and three-quarters; height, two inches and 
eight-tenths. 
The wood has been renewed, and consists now of a bowl and 
somewhat heavy foot of lignum vite. It is, however, probable, that 
the original bowl was, like Mr. Braikenridge’s, and many others, of 
simple tazza form, with a ring foot. 
The band is of silver-gilt, of very rich design. It is one inch and 
two-tenths deep outside, and three-fourths of an inch deep inside. 
The middle of it is plain, with simple mouldings towards the rim, 
and though the lozengy diaper and cable moulding of the mazer 
above-mentioned are absent, it is enriched with the same cavetto 
and row of small balls, and by a similar scalloped and rayed fringe 
below. (These balls are also used in the ornamentation of a mazer 
dated 1521-2, in possession of Corp. Ch. Coll., Cambridge.) 
In the bottom of the bow] is the circular medallion, or “ print,” 
so common in mazers of this period. It is of silver-gilt, two inches 
and two-tenths in diameter, with a scalloped and rayed fringe round 
it of the same pattern as that on the band. The middle part is 
bossed up, and has on the top a separate circular silver plate three- 
quarters of an inch in diameter, on which is engraved a conventional 
rose of five petals. This was formerly enamelled. It is now 
soldered to a modern screw, passing through the print, and an 
ordinary nut underneath secures it in place. 
The band is attached to the bowl by a few small pins passing 
through the scalloped fringe, but there are many pin-holes now 
unoccupied, made in former alterations of the vessel. 
On the plain portion of the band are the hall-marks, three in 
number, of which, however, the date letter is alone decipherable. 
