Masonic Wine GlassLate 19th century5 1/2 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 "Etched glassGift of Allan and Kendra Daniel2022.18.101575368556Artist unidentifiedContainersThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24975United StatesThree Dimensional WorksAdam ReichObject information is a work in progress and may be updated
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgThis Masonic wine glass or ”firing glass” is the first of a kind for AFAM’s collection, expanding the Museum’s exceptional holdings of fraternal regalia. With an elegantly etched bowl, the glass includes multiple key masonic motifs including the all-seeing eye, sun, moon, compass and square. These motifs provide an indication the importance of symbology in Masonry’s expanding sphere in the 19th century United States. The glass would have been used ceremonially during Masonic lodge activities.http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24975http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24975http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster2497518701899 2022 18 1 Object information is a work in progress and may be updated
with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art
Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgThis Masonic wine glass or ”firing glass” is the first of a kind for AFAM’s collection, expanding the Museum’s exceptional holdings of fraternal regalia. With an elegantly etched bowl, the glass includes multiple key masonic motifs including the all-seeing eye, sun, moon, compass and square. These motifs provide an indication the importance of symbology in Masonry’s expanding sphere in the 19th century United States. The glass would have been used ceremonially during Masonic lodge activities.