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is a kind of cup with a wooden bowl and silver mounts. The
Galloway mazer has a maple wood bowl and engraved silver-gilt mounts. It has the hallmarks of a stag for the Canongate and "IG" as the initials of the maker James Gray.
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The earlier "Tulloch mazer" also has the "IG" and
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and refashioned and mended a basin and laver for her. He also worked for the royal mint as a "sinker" or engraver of dies. His colleagues at the mint included
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The brass used for Regent Moray's tomb was second-hand. Gray was paid £20 for engraving the inscription, which was composed by
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that the mazer ought to be retained in
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A diurnal of remarkable occurrents that have passed within
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Decoding the Jewels: Renaissance
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217:'The Galloway Mazer', National Museums of Scotland
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339:G. How, 'Canongate Goldsmiths and Jewellers',
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