Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass Band Aid tin and believe one can never

and believe one can never have too many

I'd probably hang just as in this from pins in the corners

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

) Solid brass

20 7/8" x 15 1/4"

Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass Band Aid tin and believe one can neverQuite 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