Antique glass - Odd Fellows rummer English 1837

Code: TM013

Dimensions:

Rummer with flared bucket bowl engraved with typical Odd fellows symbols and the inscription Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Joseph Sarah Barton 1837  English 1847.

Bowl dia: 10.1 cm.

Foot: dia:   8.5 cm.

Condition: Very good.

Illustrated in Rummers A social History Told in Glass by Timothy Mills 2013, p. 162, fig 143.

Note: The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was one of various friendly societies established as a means for working people to gain access to a form of social security that could support their families in times of need.  For a small weekly contribution, periods of illness and unemployment could be relieved by payments made by the society. 

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