Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Fraternal Hat with Hour Glass
ca. 1900
Maker not marked
USA (probably)
Cotton, bullion, metal
overall: 2-1/2"h x 8-1/4"w x 9-3/4"d
Museum Purchase
2016.011

Fraternal Hat with Hour Glass. EXTERIOR: Blue cotton cap has dome-shaped top which is sewn in gathers underneath turned-up brim. Brim 3-1/4" wide at front and tapers towards back so that 7"-long portion of rear side of hat is brimless. Outside front surface of brim features design in dark-grey colored bullion: hourglass at center, with twig-like branches emanating from brim corners and reaching towards it on either side. Top and bottom edges of brim lined with dark-grey colored metallic open-swirl trim. INTERIOR: Lining of red cotton.