Catalogue Number
NMLH.2016.14.27
Object Name
Serving Dish
Title
Grand United Order of Oddfellows
Date
c.1850
Description
Friendly Society Memorabilia collected by Peter Gosden of the University of Leeds. Gosden was the author of 'The Friendly Societies in England, 1815-1875' (Manchester University Press, 1961) and 'Self Help- Voluntary Associations in Nineteenth Century Britain' (Studies in Economic and Socieal History, 1973). The collection was presented to the museum in March 2016.
Dish reads: 'How grand in age, How fair in youth, Is holy friendship, Love and truth'.
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