Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus I'm not at all a

I'm not at all a photography expert

and to my eye it's just formally perfect

12 x 9 1/8" and in great condition

Lots of little odds and ends today that I've had sitting around--things I came across somewhere or another and found too special or tender or full of life not to bring home

The drawers interlock and with a little effort could be reconfigured (I have moved around the top tier drawers to try it

Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus I'm not at all aQuite a lovely and smart looking thing, this hand engraved silver square and compass tool would have been made for a Masonic "Senior Deacon." Through a little research I've learned it would have been carried by the Senior Deacon when guiding candidates through the rituals associated with attaining their masonic degrees. (Specifically, I've read, the compass would symbolically I presume! be used to "pierce their naked left breast," or the square