A Masonic Firing Glass

Description

Heading : The Lodge Of Temperance 169 firing glass
Period : Elizabeth II
Origin : England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Funnel
Foot : Ball firing foot
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  8.1cm height.  6.7cm diameter bowl.
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks 
Restoration : None 
Weight:  270grams 

Founded in 1816 by landlords and merchants who sold beer. wines and spirits but for whom “Temperance” was a virtue. The Lodge was “erased” in 2003 due to falling membership. The question that must be asked . why would those who advocated temperance require a firing glass. In the latter years of its existence the brothers of the Lodge of Temperance voted to modify the constitution to permit the consumption of alcohol!

Too little too late.