Platter with Masonic Symbols
James Cuff; Staffordshire Potteries |
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| Name/Title: | Platter with Masonic Symbols |  | | Date Made: | ca. 1835 | | | Maker: | James Cuff; Staffordshire Potteries | | | Nationality: | English | | | Place Made: | England: Staffordshire | | | Materials: | Transfer-printed earthenware | | | Measurements: | overall: 1 1/2 x 17 x 13 3/4 in.; 3.81 x 43.18 x 34.925 cm | | | Accession Number: | 77.27.1 | | | Credit Line: | Special Acquisitions Fund | | | Object Type: | Food Service T & E | |
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Medium blue underglazed transfer-print on earthenware. The inner border is of lyres; the outer border pattern has rosettes alternating with Masonic symbols: trowel and marking gauge, square and compasses, plumb and level, five-pointed star (pentalpha) with letter "G" in center, and the jewel of a Past Master. The center is a rectangular street scene with a view of Freemason's Tavern, London. The transfer-printed back mark is "John Burn, Newport Market, London, J. J. Cuff."
The transfer-print was copied from an engraved 1789 view of Freemason's Tavern titled "Freemason's Tavern, Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields," published in London in 1811. Newport Market was situated on the north side of Leicester Square and was named after the nearby townhouse of the Earl of Newport. Newport Market was composed mainly of small shops which included Messrs. Cuff & Son, who were tenants of Freemason's Tavern from 1831-1839.
From: John D. Hamilton. "Material Culture of the American Freemasons." Lexington, Mass.: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Inc., 1994, page 229.
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