From 1732 to 1836,?Anstruther in the East?Neuk?of Fife was home to the Beggar’s Benison Club. The secret all-male club was devoted to the idea of?male?sexual liberation.?Members created?symbolic sexual imagery and?may have?practised?sexual rituals. Members also had interests in subversive politics and illegal smuggling.? From medals and seal matrices to phallus shaped drinking glasses, the Collection of the Beggar’s Benison has survived the 185 years since its disbandment in 1836, yet it has spent much of
Source: The Secret History of the Beggar’s Benison Collection – Museums Blog