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Masonic Pitcher
ca. 1790
Maker not marked
England
Transfer-printed creamware
overall: 10-1/2"h x 9-1/2"w with handle x 6-1/2"d
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A., Gift of Norris G. Abbott, Jr.
74.1.35
ca. 1790
Maker not marked
England
Transfer-printed creamware
overall: 10-1/2"h x 9-1/2"w with handle x 6-1/2"d
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A., Gift of Norris G. Abbott, Jr.
74.1.35
Masonic Pitcher; black transfer creamware; Masonic carpet on one side; reverse is inscription under all-seeing eye and other Masonic symbols, "The World is in Pain/ Our secrets to fain/ but still let them wonder and gaze on/ For they ne'er can devine, the WORD nor the sign/ of a free and accepted Mason."; under spout reads "W N T" in script; Royal Arch triangle and triple tau under handle.
For further information, see Hamilton, John D., "Material Culture of the American Freemasons," 1994, p. 220.