Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Flask
1866-1874
Keystone Glass Works; A. R. Samuels
USA: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Glass, paper, ink
overall: 8-3/4"h x 5-3/4"w x 4-3/4"w
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.6121

Glass flask with symbols; one quart; calabash shape; mold blown; aqua; sides fluted with five vertical ribs; broad sloping neck with collared lip; scalloped border where the bottle begins to narrow toward the top; obverse: 13 five-point stars arranged in an arch at top; below, large shield with horizontal stripes overlaid with scalloped frame containing clasped hands; below shield, central square and compasses with six stars surrounding; below, "UNION" within oval frame; outside shield, an olive branch extending up either side; reverse: eagle with spread wings, shield obscuring feet; three arrows and olive branch extending from sides of shield; narrow banner in beak extends above and below design, on top of shield; below, "A. R. S.". Large circular depression at bottom with pontil mark at center, as well as a white rectangular paper sticker with "1406-7" and a white round paper sticker with "GR LODGE / GIV-42" handwritten in ink.