Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass Band Aid tin One more miniature folk art

One more miniature folk art chair

and believe one can never have too many

This striking image of sun spots as they appeared on November 3

20 7/8" x 15 1/4"

Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass Band Aid tin One more miniature folk artQuite 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