decanter

Object NameEngraved Masonic Decanter with Stopper

Made FromLead Glass

Date1807

TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 28 cm, Diam (max): 10 cm

Accession Number50.2.81 B

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

England

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, cut and engraved. (a) Taper shape -- slender conical body tapering into short neck with narrow flange; cut band of narrow flutes around lower body, tapering panel-flutes on neck; engraved, on one side, "THE LODGE OF FORTITUDE" arching above crossed square and compass enclosing "79" and, on the other, "EAST SMITHFIELD" in arc over "LONDON" above "1807"; polished pontil mark. (b) Flat pear stopper with wide beveled sides.
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