Antique Shield with (Satisfyingly Loud!) Gavel Knocker in Best Yellow Paint unusual ashtray I especially love that both

I especially love that both the stories and illustrations portray young people--boys and girls both--learning about

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Antique Shield with (Satisfyingly Loud!) Gavel Knocker in Best Yellow Paint unusual ashtray I especially love that bothI believe this wooden shield with gavel knocker is likely fraternal looks to me like a gothic "C" (maybe combined with two horizontal strokes of an F?) painted in silver against that old best yellow paint. Perhaps the gavel was struck to call meetings to order, or perhaps the shield hung on the outside of the door to the inner sanctum, where all secrets would be revealed. Who knows? What I do know is that the wooden gavel, suspended from a bent strip