Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Tall Cedars of Lebanon Winking Moon Sign
ca. 1929
Maker not marked
USA
plaster, paint
overall: 15-1/4"h x 9"w x 3-1/2"d
Museum Purchase
2012.056

Masonic Tall Cedars of Lebanon sign. In the shape of a round moon/face with a triangular green Tall Cedars of Lebanon pyramid [hat] on top. The hat has a gold tassel, two white trees and gold lettering "Baltimore T.C.L." The winking moon face is flesh-colored with blue eyes and pink lips. There is a hole in the proper right side of the mouth, which appears to be intentional (perhaps for attaching a now-missing element).

The cast plaster sign, formed in the shape of a moon with facial features, features a distinctive Tall Cedars of Lebanon hat (known as a pyramid because of its shape). The pyramid on the sign is marked “Baltimore T.C.L.,” it is possible that the sign was created in 1929 when the Tall Cedars of Lebanon Annual Supreme Forest Convention (the organization's annual meeting) was held in that city. The Tall Cedars of Lebanon was formally established in 1902 in Trenton, New Jersey.