Our Sister Lodge, Nestell Lodge No. 37 of Providence, Rhode Island (now Adelphoi Lodge No. 33 https://adelphoilodge33.com/) presented this Alms Basin to Star of Bethlehem Lodge on February 17, 1897.
Alms Basin – Close-up Photographs
Page from Meeting Minutes of Feb 17, 1897
On June 16, 1897, the Lodge was presented with a gift, a Mahagony Box, “…a fine piece of workmanship made by Bro. (Hugh) Bishop and a very appropriate receptacle for the beautiful Basin which it is indented to hold.”
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