Folky (and Suggestive) Brass Masonic Square and Compass Ornament mallard 1840s and in very good

1840s and in very good condition

12 1/4" x 1/2" x 1/8" when completely unfolded

5 3/8 w x 6” t x1 3/16 d

Overall size is 14" x 17"

) Plus wonderfully naive faces all around

Folky (and Suggestive) Brass Masonic Square and Compass Ornament mallard 1840s and in very goodMade by a proud Mason who was also a metalworker machinist, I presume, this desk ornament completely won me with its folkiness especially that compass, which looks to my eye quite like a pair of ladies legs, with an oddly positioned and anatomically suggestive! rendering of the pin connecting them. Looks a bit like an all seeing eye too. Pretty fun. 4 3 8 t x 4 5 8 w x 1 9 16 d and in very good condition. Nice patina to the brass, and green felt on