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Masonic Royal Arch Apron
1819 -1830
Maker not marked
USA: Massachusetts
Paint on silk; metal lace; linen
body: 16-5/8"h x 15-1/8"w
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.1242

White silk Masonic Royal Arch apron with gold metal lace border and red silk ruffled trim; swag style false flap. On apron is painted red and gold delta with Hebrew characters in center and acacia branches below. Reverse is white linen, inscribed with "Thomas Waterman / 1819 / a / 72".


The owner of this apron, Thomas Waterman (1791-1875) join Saint Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1819. His name and the year of his exaltation are inked on the back of this apron.