AN ENGRAVED PRESENTATION RUMMER OR PUNCH BOWL OF MASONIC SIGNIFICANCE
CIRCA 1830, POSSIBLY NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
The bucket bowl engraved with masonic emblems, the reverse with the inscription THE WORLD IS IN PAIN / OUR SECRETS TO GAIN / BUT STILL LET THEM WONDER & GAZE ON / FOR THEY NE'ER CAN DIVINE / THE WORD NOR THE SIGN / OF A FREE & AN ACCEPTED MASON, within fruiting branches terminating in a cartouche enclosing the initial G, on a hollow baluster stem and domed folded foot
13 in. (33 cm.) high
AN ENGRAVED PRESENTATION RUMMER OR PUNCH BOWL OF MASONIC SIGNIFICANCE
CIRCA 1830, POSSIBLY NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
The bucket bowl engraved with masonic emblems, the reverse with the inscription THE WORLD IS IN PAIN / OUR SECRETS TO GAIN / BUT STILL LET THEM WONDER & GAZE ON / FOR THEY NE'ER CAN DIVINE / THE WORD NOR THE SIGN / OF A FREE & AN ACCEPTED MASON, within fruiting branches terminating in a cartouche enclosing the initial G, on a hollow baluster stem and domed folded foot
13 in. (33 cm.) high
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