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Masonic Master Mason Apron
1790-1820
Maker not marked
USA
paint on leather
overall: 13"h x 14-1/2"w x1/8"d
Museum Purchase
2014.033.7

White Masonic Master Mason apron with shield-shaped body and rounded flap. Flap is painted with an all-seeing eye, surrounded by glory rays and clouds. The body has a painted gold scroll border. In the center are five Masonic symbols: clasped hands, square and compasses, beehive, urn, and G intertwined with a five-point star. Flap is hand-stitched to the top edge of the body. There are stitch holes along the edges of the body where trimming was previously attached.