A Masonic Engraved Serving Rummer c1850

Description

Heading : A Masonic Engraved Serving Rummer
Period : Victoria c1850
Origin : Lancashire. England 
Colour : Clear 
Bowl : Bucket shaped engraved with twelve masonic symbols and Lodge of Charity 439 set within a cartouche of engraved ears of barley and leaves above Robert Roscoa WM 1849
Stem : Plain with large ball knop and disc collar
Foot :  Low Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead 
Size :  28.8 cm height. 18.7 cm diameter bowl. 15.2 cm diameter foot 
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks 
Restoration : None 
Weight:  2190 grams 

This is not a 19th century drinking glass. or rummer. it is a punch bowl with a gallon capacity. The Lodge of Charity ( Lancashire) was Lodge number 439 from 1832 to 1863 and the lodge met at the Railway Inn. Stoneclough. Lancashire a little to the south of Bolton. The engraver has clearly made an error. Robert Roscoe was born in Bolton in 1761 and died in Farnworth. Lancashire but a  few miles from the lodge where he had served as Worshipful Master (WM). the most esteemed position within a Lodge