Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Flask with Masonic Symbols
1821-1836
Kensington Glass Works; Thomas W. Dyott
USA: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Glass, paper, ink
overall: 6-1/2"h x 4-1/2"w x 2-3/4"d
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.6128

Glass flask with Masonic symbols; one pint; mold blown; light green; sides vertically ribbed; plain lip; obverse: two columns with arch formed by eight stones plus keystone, with 22 widely-spaced bricks forming mosaic pavement; within arch, sheaf of rye, pitchfork, shovel, rake, sickle, axe and scythe; below pavement, elaborate scroll ornament; reverse: eagle with shield bearing stripes, head turned to PL, rays above head; three arrows and olive branch in talons; eagle stands on oval frame with inner band of tiny pearls and "T. W. D" at center. Pontil mark at bottom, as well at two white paper stickers, one rectangular with "23", and the other round with "Gr. Lodge / GIV-37" handwritten in ink.