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The engraved inscription on the silver mount of this mazer translates as ‘So drink on Christmas Eve, that thou forget not in the morning, to make thy offering in the Lord's House' and is dated 1725. 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('So drink on Christmas Eve, that tough forget not in the morning to make thy offering on the Lord's House'). The inside of the bowl has been painted with flowers.\r\n1566-1903.","date":{"text":"Pre-2000","earliest":"2000-01-01","latest":"2000-12-31"}},{"text":"The engraved inscription translates 'So drink on Christmas Eve, that thou forget not in the morning, to make thy offering in the Lord's House'. The bowl is painted with flowers on the inside.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["1566-1903"],"accessionNumberNum":"1566","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1903,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2004-02-09","availableToBook":false}}