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Glassware Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
A ceremonial drinking Bowl with wide bowl
WMLMT Classification:- Goblet/Glass
Description
"Date: C 1780-1800.
Origin: English.
Style: A wide cup bowl ceremonial style engraved with various masonic symbols and emblems to include: a square and compasses above an open bible, atop of an altar. Flanked by a moon with a face surrounded by seven stars and a sun with a face and on either side two large pillars. There is a human body in a grave with a twig of acacia in the ground by the head overseen by a large all-seeing eye. There is a structure with the initials H.A.B in the window. There is then a porchway or entrance with what appear to be three suspended pomegranates above a square, level and plumb line. All of the foregoing is above a single band representing a chequered floor. The bowl is 9.6cm in diameter.
Stem: A short stem with a central ball knop.
Foot: Spread and 8.4 cm in diameter.
Pontil: Ground out and polished."
Properties
"Glass: Clear lead with grey hue.
Height: 12.2 cm.
Weight: 326 grams.
Condition: Excellent. Wear to the foot commensurate with age. One air bubble in the foot 0.5cm long."
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