Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Shriner Aleppo Fez and Hat Box
1920-1970
Maker not marked
Place made not marked
a: plastic, metal; b: plastic, metal, leather; c: plastic; d: wool, synthetic fiber, bullion, metal, plastic, rhinestones, leatherette, cotton, ink
d: 16"h x 7"w x 8"d
Gift of Harvey B. Leggee Collection of Shrine and Fraternal Material
96.005.102a-d

Masonic Shriner Fez and Hat Box. a: Box bottom of hard red plastic is tall and cylinder-shaped with gold-colored metal snap receivers on either side and partially-missing rim of black plastic around top edge. b: Hard round red plastic box lid with pearlized dark-red plastic handle attached to top, next to which is residue of old label showing outline of name "HARVEY B. LEGGEE", and red leather straps (broken) attached with silver-colored metal snaps to either side; c: Hard red plastic fez form inside box; d: Fez: red felt fez with long black tassel attached to top; tassel has two rhinestone support bars; upper has four rows of rhinestones and lower has one row; across front of fez in gold-colored thread, "ALEPPO"; below is Shriner emblem in colored thread with plastic red and green gems; scimitar suspends gold-colored metal Egyptian face with star below, crescent behind. Inside, brown leatherette sweat band lines rim; "H B LEGGEE" hand-written in black ink on white cotton backing sewn in to support front decoration; "6718" hand-written in black ink on other side.