A HENRY VII SILVER-MOUNTED WOOD MAZER UNMARKED, LATE 15TH CENTURY The shallow turned wood bowl on short circular foot, the flaring pinned silver mount engraved on the lower part with a band of stylised foliage and stamped above with two bands of crosses framing an engraved Latin inscription 6 ¾ in. (17.2 cm.) diam. The inscription reads ' Jasper. Fert. Myrram Tus Melchior. Baltazar Aurum ' and refers to Matthew's Gospel 2:11. Translated it reads ' Jasper brings myrrh, Melchior frankincense, Balthazar gold '. Provenance Probably the mazer discovered near Credition, Devon in the 18th century before 1791, Probably the Hamlyn family from the late 18th century, Probably Shilston Calmady Hamlyn (1811-1985) of Paschoe House, Crediton by 1856. Probably Joseph Warren (1792-1876), antiquarian and coin collector of Ixworth, Suffolk by 1861. With S. J. Phillips London. With Alastair Dickenson, London, 2008.
A HENRY VII SILVER-MOUNTED WOOD MAZER UNMARKED, LATE 15TH CENTURY The shallow turned wood bowl on short circular foot, the flaring pinned silver mount engraved on the lower part with a band of stylised foliage and stamped above with two bands of crosses framing an engraved Latin inscription 6 ¾ in. (17.2 cm.) diam. The inscription reads ' Jasper. Fert. Myrram Tus Melchior. Baltazar Aurum ' and refers to Matthew's Gospel 2:11. Translated it reads ' Jasper brings myrrh, Melchior frankincense, Balthazar gold '. Provenance Probably the mazer discovered near Credition, Devon in the 18th century before 1791, Probably the Hamlyn family from the late 18th century, Probably Shilston Calmady Hamlyn (1811-1985) of Paschoe House, Crediton by 1856. Probably Joseph Warren (1792-1876), antiquarian and coin collector of Ixworth, Suffolk by 1861. With S. J. Phillips London. With Alastair Dickenson, London, 2008.
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