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Flask with Masonic Symbols
about 1818-about 1840
New England Glass Company
USA: Massachusetts, Cambridge
Glass
overall: 7-1/2"h x 4-3/8"w x 2-1/2"d
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
74.1.4

Glass flask with Masonic symbols; one pint; mold blown; aquamarine/light green; sides with five vertical ribs; tooled lip; obverse: sun; quarter moon with rays and seven round stars; two columns with arch and 22-brick mosaic pavement; within arch, all-seeing eye with rays, bible with square and compasses, delta with rays and G at center; skull and crossbones to PR of arch, trowel above, scythe below which points to PL; comet to PL of arch; below mosaic floor, beehive on PL side; reverse: smooth banner at top; eagle, with shield bearing 12 stars, head turned to PR; three arrows and olive branch in talons; below eagle, crimped oval frame with "NEG Co" at center. Pontil mark at bottom.