Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Lantern with Lid/Lighter from Masonic Scottish Rite Silver Set
1916
R. W.& S
Place made not marked
Silver, glass, silver plate
i: 3-3/4"h x 6"w x 3-5/8"d
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
SC74.125i

Masonic Scottish Rite Silver Set; appears to be for ritual service; most pieces have Hebrew symbol for life, ornate leaf design and predominant triangular shape; i: lantern: small; for burning oil; shaped like Aladdin's lamp with snuffer on end to extinguish flame attached by small chain; crown in center lifts off for pouring oil; bottom reads "DEUS MEUMQUE JUS"; bottom edge of triangular base reads "R. W.& S", "STERLING", "S2695".

Scottish Rite member Edwin D. Washburne (1846-1923) designed the silver set in which this object is included for ritual use by the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction’s Supreme Council. At the time that craftsmen made the silver, Sovereign Grand Commander Barton Smith (1852-1935) was actively planning a 1917 celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Jurisdiction’s Union of 1867.