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Object NameWineglass or Firing Glass Engraved with Masonic Emblems
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1760-1775
Place MadeEngland
TechniqueBlown, engraved
SizeOverall H: 10.75 cm; Rim Diam: 5.25 cm; Foot Diam: 7.5 cm
Accession Number50.2.76
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masonic Symbols in American Decorative Arts
The Story of English Glass
The American Craftsman and the European Tradition, 1620-1820
East Side Winter Antiques Show
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionWineglass or Firing Glass Engraved with Masonic Emblems. Colorless lead glass with opaque white twists; blown and crudely engraved. Ogee deep bowl, applied short straight stem with pair of multi-ply white tape spirals, applied thick, broad circular firing foot, rough pontil mark; Masonic emblems on bowl: obverse, radiant sun with "G" at center; reverse, group of symbols including square, compass and trowel.
Provenance
Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01

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