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Package of Blocks from Henry Price Pear Tree
ca. 1859
Maker not marked
USA: Massachusetts
Wood, paper
2-1/2"h x 4-1/4"w x 1"d
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.6547

Wooden blocks wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. A handwritten notation on the package reads "Blocks from the Henry Price pear tree. See Procs of G.L. of Mass, Address of John T. Heard Dec. 27, 1[?]59, Page 37. Cut from the canes turned by Bro. Wm. F. Chester May 28, 1888."


For further information, see Newell, Aimee, et.al., "Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection", 2013, pg. 61.