Masonic Engraved Rummer Glass with Lemon Squeezer Foot c1810

Description

Heading : Masonic engraved rummer glass with lemon squeezer foot c1810
Period : George III
Origin : England
Colour : Clear. Excellent grey tone
Bowl : Large bucket – engraved with varied Masonic symbols. Set square and compass. moon and stars. Eye of God. pillars of the Temple of Solomon etc. Beneath the Eye of God appears an engraved scene with three figures that we have not been able to positively identify.
Stem : Capstan
Foot : Lemon squeezer
Pontil : Moulded
Glass Type : Lead
Size :  16.1cm height. 9.4cm diameter bowl. 10.6cm diagonal square foot
Condition : Excellent. other than the expected fritting to the lemon squeezer foot there is no damage
Restoration : None
Weight: 525 grams

The finest example that we have seen. The three figures probably represent a variant on current 3rd degree ritual with Hiram of Tyre. King Solomon and the corpse of Hiram Abiff being raised from his grave.