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Snuffbox with Masonic Symbols
1811
Maker not marked
USA
Copper
overall: 4-1/4"h x 2-3/4"w x 1"h
Special Acquisitions Fund
81.25.3

Copper snuffbox with incised Masonic decoration. Motifs include the initials, "JE," sun, moon, stars, "G," square and compasses, trowel, plumb, level, initials "MVP." Inscribed on back is "Presented / by / The Widow / of / Mr. John Elforld / as A / Token / of / Gratitude / to / her Friend / Saml J. Coolidge / 16th / October / 1811."