Goblet with Masonic Emblems

18th century

7.7 cm 15.6 cm

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Entertaining was an important way to assert status in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries—a time of increasing prosperity for the middle class. This goblet is decorated with Masonic symbols, including a pair of compasses and an equilateral triangle; it might have been us...

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Acquired by William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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glass
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goblets

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