• The Bute Mazer's later whale bone cover. The Bute Mazer, also known as the Bannatyne Mazer is a medieval communal feasting cup of a type known as a mazer.
  • The Bute Mazer. Lord Bannatyne – Sir William Macleod Bannatyne – was a Lord of Session (judge), the son of Roderick Macleod and Isabel Bannatyne.
  • The metal boss on the Bute mazer is decorated with a lion and six heraldic shields, thought to represent King Robert Bruce and some of his supporters...
  • The Bute or Bannatyne Mazer is the earliest of all the Scottish mazer bowls. Its origins are obscure because it has apparently been altered during the early part of its...
  • Whenever I see the Bute Mazer, at the National Museum of Scotland, this is the scene which unfolds before me, full of portent, critical to the time.
  • Bute 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...
  • Bute Mazer lid Bute Mazer, National Museum of Scotland. The Bute Mazer was made just after Robert the Bruce’s victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
  • While there will undoubtably be many posts inspired by this visit, I wanted to spend today introducing you to one of the museum’s star pieces, the Bute Mazer.
  • Description. Please download for full-sized image (1205 x 906 pixels, 566KB). The Bute Mazer, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.