circa 1740 The ogee bowl and baluster stem facet cut, the bowl engraved with two elaborate strapwork cartouches, one containing a group of Masonic symbols, namely a gavel, a trowel, a ruler and a setsquare, 'Es leben alle Ehrliche Maure meister' inscribed above , the reverse with the verse 'Es leben alle so marschschiern und die feiffe bei sich fuhren, auch bei gutt und bösen tagen stehts courage im grossen fragen', a merese at the base of the tapering stem, the underside of the foot cut with a radiating design, a border of stiff leaves engraved at the rim, 16.5cm high (chip to footrim)
circa 1740 The ogee bowl and baluster stem facet cut, the bowl engraved with two elaborate strapwork cartouches, one containing a group of Masonic symbols, namely a gavel, a trowel, a ruler and a setsquare, 'Es leben alle Ehrliche Maure meister' inscribed above , the reverse with the verse 'Es leben alle so marschschiern und die feiffe bei sich fuhren, auch bei gutt und bösen tagen stehts courage im grossen fragen', a merese at the base of the tapering stem, the underside of the foot cut with a radiating design, a border of stiff leaves engraved at the rim, 16.5cm high (chip to footrim)
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