Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Pocket Memo Calendar with Masonic Symbols
1854
Maker not marked
USA: New York, Penn Yan
Silver; ivory
closed: 2-7/8"h x1-1/4"w x .157"d; closed: 7.2 x 3.2 cm; not weighed
Museum purchase
2005.040

Pocket Memo Calendar; One side engraved with "June 13, 1854" and presumably an Image of Niagra Falls; other side engraved with Masonic symbols and "O.A. Pennoyer" "Penn Yan, NY"

In 1854 Oliver Arthur Pennoyer married Margaret Morris, a relative of his partner in the jewelry business. Although we do not know where the couple spent their honeymoon, a trip to famed Niagara Falls, depicted on this calendar along with the wedding date, is an intriguing possibility. In 1855 a contemporary described Pennoyer as an “affable and gentlemanly man.” This elegant accessory fits that description. It also served as a reminder of the year he embarked on many new ventures. For further information, see blog post, December 31, 2008 http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2008/12/an-affable-and-gentlemanly-man.html