Masonic Creamware Jug with Black Transfer Prints of Masonic Symbols, 1820s

Description

Early example of English Victorian Masonic ware. Cream ware jug with black transfer prints of Masonic symbols and a poem … more Early example of English Victorian Masonic ware. Cream ware jug with black transfer prints of Masonic symbols and a poem hailing Masonry.

Front:
sit lux et lux fuit

Back:
Hail, Masonry divine!
Glory of ages, shine!
Long may’st thou reign: Long may’st thou reign:
Where’er thy lodges stand,
May they have great command
And always grace the land.
Thou art divine!

This is the hymn sung at the consecration of a lodge, and goes to the tune of God Save the Queen. less