Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Ballot Box
1866-91
Maker not marked
United States
Wood, metal, wool velvet
c: 6-1/4"l x 1"dia; a-c overall: 3-1/4"h x 14-1/2"w x 5"d
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.2986a-c

Masonic ballot box; a) wooden box with two hinged lids at top with a turned wooden funnel in one lid; inside of box is lined with red velvet on bottom; b) box has removable wooden center divider c) box has separated turned wooden handle.

This ballot box was used by members of James Otis Lodge. Chartered in 1866, the lodge met in Barnstable, Massachusetts.