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Rare Beaded Masonic Purse Pouch, Early 19th C browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories: Pre 1837 VR: item # 303481 Please refer to our stock # JBS01 when inquiring.
Granite Pail Collectibles P. O. Box 5353 Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-608-3344 Guest Book SOLD |
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| Rare early 19th century Masonic purse or pouch, possibly German, depicting Masonic emblems and symbols in brightly colored beads. These purses were often made for the Mason by his wife, expressly to hold his jewels or aprons. The purse is filled with Masonic iconography: it’s easy to identify the hourglass, compass, pillar, square, and acacia sprig. Other symbols are harder to make out. The owner may have been a surveyor or navigator: there is a globe (or possibly an astrolabe), and two figures which may be a plumb and a sextant. There a box decorated with crosses and a temple or gazebo with a triangle in its dome and what looks like a cross on top. Wonderful and mysterious, this purse is brilliantly executed in brown, white, gold, and gray beads on a vivid blue field -- this particular color blue has great meaning to Masons for many reasons, the fact that it represents immortality, chastity and fidelity among them. The purse is lined with white kid and is in excellent condition. The beadwork is wonderful, with one small stain near the lower left border on the front. Only the blue and white twist border shows any flaws; it is damaged (broken) in two areas. Measures 8 1/2” by 6”. | ||||||||
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