Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass Band Aid tin painting itself measures 15" x

painting itself measures 15" x 11 7/8"

20 7/8" x 15 1/4"

One more miniature folk art chair

It will stand up on its own

and I can't resist snatching them up when I find them

Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass Band Aid tin painting itself measures 15" xQuite 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