Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Secretary's Jewel
ca. 1797
Attrib. to Paul Revere (1734-1818)
USA: Massachusetts, Boston (probably)
Silver
3-1/2"h x 4-1/4"w x 3/8"d
Extended Loan from Bristol Lodge, North Attleboro, Massachusetts
EL2022.002.4

Masonic Secretary Jewel. Crossed quills suspended from ring.

In 1797, Seth Smith, Jr., of Norton, Massachusetts, paid Paul Revere and Son twelve pounds for “a Silver Sett of Masons Jewels.” Smith, a founding member of Bristol Lodge in Norton, also served as its first Master; in that role the responsibility of obtaining jewels for the lodge’s officers likely fell to him. The jewel that he would have worn, in the shape of a square, as well as the Secretary’s and Treasurer’s jewels, were crafted primarily from cast parts.