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Glassware Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
A large straight sided Whiskey Tumbler -Etched with Masonic Symbols
WMLMT Classification:- Goblet/Glass
Description
"Date: C1850.
Origin: English.
Style: A mould blown large straight sided tumbler with profuse engraving. Three main sections delineated by large pillars with globes. A king wearing a crown sitting on a form of elevated terraced stand. Another figure wearing a tall hat stood in a porchway or entrance. Three candles in stands. A square and compasses with an open book on top of an altar, a sun with a face, a moon with man and seven stars around. An oval cartouche with a level, hammer, square, ladder, skirret and maul. Inside the bottom is concave. 8.7cm in diameter.
Base: Thick bottomed with flat base with a wearing edge."
Properties
"Glass: Clear soda with perhaps something else. Grey bluish hue.
Weight: 518 grams.
Condition: Some minor surface scratches and good wear on the base. No other damage or repairs."
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