Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus Lots of little odds and

Lots of little odds and ends today that I've had sitting around--things I came across somewhere or another and found too special or tender or full of life not to bring home

Gorgeously aged painted surfaces with alligatoring here and there and a bunch of worm holes freckling him

which has softened in color beautifully over the years

and to my eye it's just formally perfect

Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus Lots of little odds andQuite a lovely and smart looking thing, this hand engraved silver square and compass tool would have been made for a Masonic "Senior Deacon." Through a little research I've learned it would have been carried by the Senior Deacon when guiding candidates through the rituals associated with attaining their masonic degrees. (Specifically, I've read, the compass would symbolically I presume! be used to "pierce their naked left breast," or the square