Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus Gorgeously aged painted surfaces with

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

keeping the tiny ball from being lost if carrying it around

for amusing cats

Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus Gorgeously aged painted surfaces withQuite 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