Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Royal Arch Wood Block
1830-1850
Maker not marked
Place made not marked
wood, ink
overall: 7 1/2 in.; 19.05 cm
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
83.22.2

Carved wood block (for making a wood block print) has design of three deltas containing, at top, a mitre with a cross on it, at right, a crown with a cross on it; and at left, a crown with a rounded top with a cross on it. At the center is a partial arch with a keystone at the top, bearing the letters "HTWSSTKS" at the center. Around the edges of the deltas are three groups of letters written in cipher.