Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus and to my eye it's

and to my eye it's just formally perfect

keeping the tiny ball from being lost if carrying it around

images not in sharp focus but I think that's part of the charm

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

12 x 9 1/8" and in great condition

Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus and to my eye it'sQuite 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