This item held in the St Martins Lodge No.4142 Temple Cabinet.
This impressive large copper bowl was made by Bruce Russell, within the centre of the bowl is the Square and Compasses set in the Third Degree with decorative swirls and lines eradiating out towards a scalloped edge.
The Bowl used to be used by the Lodge to collect “alms” at the end of each meeting. The act of providing alms is called almsgiving and is a way of collecting for charitable causes
