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GIV-35

Object NameMasonic/Ship Flask

Maker Kensington Glass Works

Made FromGlass

Date1825

TechniqueMold-blown

SizeH: 16.5 cm

Accession Number60.4.327

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Exhibitions

Masonic Symbols in American Decorative Arts

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionAquamarine glass; mold-blown; plain lip, pontil mark. Obverse: Masonic arch, pillars and pavement, twenty-two widely spaced bricks. Within arch "Farmer's Arms", sheaf of rye, pitchfork, rake, shovel, sickle, axe and scythe. Sheaf of rye, points to right instead of left. Beneath pavement elaborate scroll ornament; similar to GIV-32 except stones forming arch slightly larger and flatter. Reverse: full rigged frigate sailing to right, American flag at rear; waves beneath frigate and in semi-circle beneath "FRANKLIN". Edges: vertically ribbed - no inscription on edges.
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