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Original fileMasonic Flask — All-Seeing Eye and Square & Compass
Keene Marlboro Street Glassworks
About This Work
This image features three distinct molded green glass flasks produced in the early 19th century. The central flask prominently displays classic Freemasonic symbols, including the square and compass and the radiating all-seeing eye, set above a representation of tiled steps. The adjacent bottles depict a basket of fruit and a pair of clasped hands with the word 'UNION', reflecting popular decorative motifs of the era.
These objects demonstrate the absorption of Enlightenment-era Masonic iconography into American folk art and everyday material culture. They represent the transition of speculative Hermetic and moral symbols into emblems of social cohesion and fraternal identity.
Inscriptions(English)
UNION
Connected Texts
Freemasonry
The flask features core architectural and symbolic markers of the Masonic fraternity, which utilizes tools like the square and compass as emblems of moral conduct.
Provenance & Source
Object
Free-blown molded green glass
decorative
Digital Source
Unknown · Public domain
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