Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Symbolic Chart and Craftsman's Practical Trestle Board
1854
The American Masonic Agency (publisher)
USA: New York, New York
Cotton, ink, cellulose (possibly)
24"h x 29"w
Museum Purchase
2021.009

Masonic Symbolic Chart and Craftsman's Practical Trestle Board. Light brown canvas background with design printed in ink, including images and text in black and light blue, arranged within three panels, for Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason, in the style of a building with columns between and a roof above. Central panel has text "MASONIC SYMBOL CHART." at top. Below this is George Washington wearing Masonic regalia and standing in a lodge room; below him, a horizontal panel with various Masonic imagery and symbols; at bottom of central panel is a block of text titled, "MASTER MASON." Within large panel on PR side, a pair of wings surrounds a plumb at top, more panels with Masonic imagery and symbols are below and there is a section of text titled "ENTERED APPRENTICE" at bottom. Within large panel on PL side, a pair of wings surrounds a level at top, more panels with Masonic imagery and symbols are below, and there is a section of text titled "FELLOW CRAFT" at bottom. At center bottom, within circle, the text "PUBLISHED BY / THE AMERICAN MASONIC AGENCY" surrounds a menorah. Below this, "Approved and recommended by Rob. Morris, K. T., Masonic Author and Lecturer." Obverse has smooth coating over design, possibly cellulose.