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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rhiwfield, post: 282931, member: 924&quot;]Very pleased to have bought this ale jug.</p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly Masonic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure if the bird&#039;s nest image is a stock image or has a deeper meaning</p><p><br /></p><p>c1810, Thomas Baddaley Engraver/enameler, borrowing we think from a <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1640401&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=keep+within+compass&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1640401&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=keep+within+compass&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">1785 print.</a></p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1640401&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=keep+within+compass&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1640401&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=keep+within+compass&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKab6zOXoAAeFWs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKab6zTW4AEDRpj.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKab60RWAAA6BCe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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