2019/13.685.8

United Grand Lodge of England Set 8 of 12 Slides of Museum of Freemasons' Hall, London, Series B - Porcelain and Pottery

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WMLMT Classification:- Slide

Country of Origin:- England

Province/Region/District:- United Grand Lodge of England - United Grand Lodge of England

Associated Unit (Lodge/Chapter Etc.):- United Grand Lodge of England

Order:- Craft (Blue Masonry)

Description

"A selection of fine examples of pottery and porcelai n of 18th and 19th centuries. ,,

Centre Back: A cabbage leaf jug, heigh 11½"" c. 1780, made in the Worcester pottery of the celebrated Dr. John Wall , physician and artist . It has a mask lip and bears the arms of the premier Grand Lodge, flanked by a Master and two Wardens and three columns. At each Side there is a woodland scene with classical ruins and a tall pyramid supporting a sphere.

Centre: A two-handled Worcester tankard c. 1830, being a later example of the Dr. Wall period bearing the same design but gilded on the rim. Handles and base.

Centre Front : A Chinese porcelain punch bowl 13"" dia.c. I779 of the Ch'ien Lung period depicting three Grand Masters, three col mns and three figures representing Faith, Hope and Charity (lent by the Lodge of Emulation, No . 21) .

Front Right : A Chinese porcelain Ch 'ien Lung tankard c. 1790 with blue and gold star decoration and masonic emblems These are examples of Chinese work carried out to English specifications .

Left : A Liverpool semi-lustre jug 8"" dated 1822 bearing the Arms of the Moderns, the same transfer being used on the 9½ creamware plate on the right , both by J . Sadler, who claimed to have invented the art of printing on pottery by means of transfers in the 1760s. The arms are surmounted by a Master and flanked by two Wardens, with masonic emblems and swags.

Right : A Canary lustre Sunderland jug c. 1830 bearing masonic emblems and verse and inscribed ""Sunderland Coal Trade"" with a view of the iron bridge over the River Wear, height 7½'.

Below to the Left . A Sunderland jug in pink Lustreware.

Front Left: A 6"" Liverpool tankard with an unusual transfer probably by J . Sadler and, right behind it, a small 4W' Lierpool jug printed with the Arms of the Moderns and a masonic verse.

Extreme Left: A Staffordshire Soup plate with a view of Freemasons' Tavern, c. 1790, in blue. Other examples of this kind of decorated ware in the Museum would indicate that complete services were made. Mostly in blue, but occasionally in sepia."