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Glassware Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
A mid Victorian Tumbler Etched with Masonic Symbols
WMLMT Classification:- Goblet/Glass
Description
"Date: C 1840.
Origin: English.
Style: A low waisted tumbler engraved with: a square and compasses, a mallet, pencil, skirret, moon with man, seven stars in a triangular formation, a plumb rule, a sun with face, a 24 inch gauge, all seeing eye and a level. There is scalloped barking to the lower half of the bowl as it becomes pinched leading to the base. 8.3 cm in diameter.
Base: There is a wearing rim created from the wide polished out pontil mark. 6.6 cm in diameter."
Properties
"Glass: Clear lead with a slight grey hue.
Height: 9.1 cm.
Weight: 312 grams.
Condition: Good although there is a 1cm shallow chip to the bowl rim and a another chip 0.3 cm long. Wear to base commensurate with age. There is a small bit of clinker in bowl."
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