Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Trivet with Knights Templar Symbols and Original Box
ca. 1995
Screencraft Products, Inc.
USA: Massachusetts, West Yarmouth
a: stoneware, cork, paint, metal; b: paper, ink
a: 1/4"h x 6"w x 6"d; b: 1/2"h x 6-1/16"w x 6-1/16"d
Gift of Edward N. Lewis
2016.013.2a-b

Trivet with Knights Templar Symbols and original box. a: OBVERSE: Flat, white, square stoneware trivet features screen-printed Knights Templar emblem in center, in colored paint (Templar cross in black trimmed with yellow; yellow circle overlaid at center with red cross through crown, radiating rays behind, and "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES" around top outer edge with leaves and X shape at bottom; yellow crossed swords behind). Where surface is white, glaze is shiny; where colored, it is matte. a: REVERSE: Thin, square layer of cork applied that leaves 1/8" of ceramic tile visible along edges. It has a cut-out at top in the shape of a circle with a flat bottom for a triangular, gold metal wall hook. Stamped in black ink at center of cork is manufacturer logo: inside an oval, "HAND DECORATED CERAMIC / Screen- / craft [in curly, stylized font] / PRODUCTS INC. / West Yarmouth, Mass.". b: OBVERSE: White, glossy paperboard box is square-shaped and just large enough to fit trivet. At one corner, manufacturer logo is printed in blue: inside an oval, "HAND DECORATED CERAMIC / Screen- / craft [in curly, stylized font] / PRODUCTS INC. / West Yarmouth, Mass.". Ends have folding flap closures. b: REVERSE: Same as obverse.