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Set of Patrons of Husbandry [Grange] Working Tools
1879
Joseph Seymour and Son
USA: New York, Syracuse
White metal; leather; felt; wood
box: 1-1/8"h x 9-1/4"w x 7-3/4"d
Special Acquisitions Fund
80.7.2a-h

Set of Patrons of Husbandry Working Tools; seven miniature agricultural tools, or "working tools"; set includes: a-star-shaped harrow, b-axe, c-spade, d-hoe, e-pruning knife, f-plow, g-sickle, h-original box, marked "PH".


This cased set of seven miniature agricultural implements was used in the ritual by the Patrons of Husbandry. These seven sacred Grange tools, known as the "Master's Tools", represent the first four Grange Degrees. For more information, see Tabbert, Mark A., "American Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities", 2005, p.115.



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