Name

English engraved masonic rummer

Origin/date 

UK, early 19th century

Material

Glass

Dimensions

11 cm x 9 cm (bowl) x 5,5 cm (foot)

Description

Rummer on a lemon-squeezer foot. On it are three images, all within a cascade: (i) Between two columns you find the square and compass, holy bible, moon and sun, seven stars, jacobs ladder and the all-seeing eye with glory rays. (ii) A square and compass with the letter G and around it some masonic tools. (iii) Some interwoven masonic tools: ruler, plumb, waterlevel and square.

Provenance

UK, bonhams, sale 18139, lot 23

Literature

Engelberts, M., Glazen en drinkgewoonten bij de vrijmetselarij - een voorlopige inventaris van maçonniek glaswerk in Nederland vanaf ca. 1750. Two parts (master thesis), pp. 57-60 (part 1) and images 55-60 (part 2).