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In March 1887 the W.M., Bro. Joseph Kincaid, presented the massive silver-
mounted cigar-box of ebony and ivory; the base bears the names of the Nine
Muses, and the lid is topped by a small model ashlar and shears (see Plate 5).
In a letter to the Secretary Bro. Kincaid says: “I have for so long enjoyed the
brotherly friendship of the members of the Lodge of the Nine Muses that I am
sure they will allow me to present them with a token of the pleasure I feel in
filling the position in which they have placed me.” Bro. Kincaid joined the Lodge
on 13 February 1877 and died in 1907, after a membership of thirty years.
The Lodge also has a set of twenty-six Firing-glasses, engraved with the name
and number of the Lodge on a garter surrounding a square and compasses; they
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are 3¾ inches high and of various dates. The ivory gavels are described in the
next chapter with the furniture of the Lodge (see Plate 5).

38 These glasses were destroyed while in storage during WWII. In 1949 W. Bro P.J. Dawson
drew out 30 individual designs which were engraved in Germany where his brother, Bro.
H.C. Dawson, who was then a member of the Control Commission for Germany, had them
made. They were sent, individually, to each member as ‘Industrial sample – no commercial
value’. A substantial wooden box was made for them and the glasses were first used at the
175th Anniversary Celebration on 30th September. 1952. These glasses are of continental
pattern. Each glass is 5¼ in high and weighs 20 oz. They make a substantial contribution to
‘FIRE’. See Amo Amass Amuse, (Not yet scanned but intended for inclusion shortly).