the size of wooden mazers was restricted by the relatively small size of the trees that gave the best dense and grained wood. the addition of a metal band might double the capacity of a mazer. large ornamented mazers were probably passed around the table for toasts and the like, as some covered cups were, but more ordinary ones may have been regarded as personal within a group such as a household, ship or monastery, no doubt with the leading figures reserving the finer examples for themselves. evidence from inventories suggests many mazers were given names.