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By W. Cunnington, F.G.S. 



HE vessel of which a photo-print appears on the opposite 

 page 1 is a mazer, or drinking-cup, which was obtained by 

 myself from a cottage at Bromham, Wilts, about forty years ago. 



It was exhibited at the Inaugural Meeting of our Society in 1853, 

 also at a Meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Dec. 

 19th, 1889 ; and it has since been shown at the Tudor Exhibition, 

 in Regent Street, 1890. 



A short description of it, by Mr. St. John Hope, appears in the 

 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, London, 1889. 



The bowl is of maple wood, with moulded stem, and foot of its 

 own, and has a simple thin moulding just below the curved part of 

 the cup. 



The band, or mounting, round the edge of the bowl is of silver, 

 four-tenths of an inch deep inside, and six-tenths of an inch outside. 

 It is plain, except a triple- edged fringe. On it is inscribed : — 



14 Thy blessing 0 Lord, grante mee and mine : 

 Thatt in life and death ; wee maye be thine." 



A short distance from the commencement of this inscription is a 

 rude engraving of a seven-branched candlestick. The silver rim of 

 the foot is of good design, with egg-and-dart pattern, and above 

 this springs a triple-lobed fringe, which bending over the wood of 

 the mazer, secures the rim to the foot. 



Diameter, four inches and two-tenths. Height, three inches and 

 eight-tenths. Interior depth, two inches and three-tenths. Diameter 

 of silver rim of foot, three inches and five-tenths. 



It is of English workmanship, circa 1590, but has no hall-mark. 



1 The Society is indebted to Mr. Cunnington for the kind gift of half the cost 

 of the illustration of his mazer. 



