Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Charles A. Welch Lodge Cane and Case
1920
Reuben L. Reed (1841-1921)
USA: Massachusetts, South Acton
a: wood, metal; b: wood, metal, silk
a: 37-1/2"h x 1-5/8" dia. at top; b: 39-1/4"h x 2-1/2"w x 2-1/4"d
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.12130a-b

a: Brown wooden cane with gold-tone metal top. Edges of top extend down onto cane in floral and feather pattern. Engraved on the top is "Presented to / Charles A. Welch Lodge / in / memory / of / Bro. Lucius D. Wilson." Gold-tone metal tip at bottom. Inlaid around the top third of the cane are diamond shapes in other woods. Numbers are pressed into the cane in between the diamonds, 1 to 30. b: Brown wooden case with hinged lid and two clasps on front. A window is added to the front and encloses a stone arrowhead. Inlaid on the front are crossed American flags and a square and compasses symbol. Diamond shapes are inlaid on top and bottom. The case is lined with light blue silk.