The jug is 5 ½ inches in height and is a half pint can and was gifted to the Brethren of Lodge Fidelis No.1809 by the Brethren of The Duke of Normandy Lodge No.245, Jersey to commemorate the 50th anniversary of visits.
The jug is beautifully engraved “To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Fraternal visits between Fidelis Lodge 1809 and The Duke of Normandy Lodge 245 Jersey” and was presented to the Lodge in May 1999.
The history of the Guernsey Can, it is one of the last surviving relics our Norman Ancestry with a pedigree of just over one thousand years, it came over from Normandy in 980AD.
Duke of Normandy Lodge No.245 warrant was issued by the Atholl Grand Lodge dated 29th April 1813 (original number issued was 355), and was one of the last to be warranted by Atholl Grand Lodge, just eight months before the union in December 1813, it was Consecrated on the 16th July 1813 and received its Centenary Warrant on the 15th May 1913, it meets on the third Thursday of the month except July, August and December.
