Name

Masonic Handkerchief

Origin/date 

UK, c. 1850.

This widely copied design evolves from a chart first published in Bristol in 1839 and the engraved illustrations of regalia and jewels first published in the 1841 edition of the Book of Constitutions of the United Grand Lodge of England (Hamill, 1922: 295).

There are also exemples in the US (see: Hamilton, 1994: 47-48)

Material and dimensions

Silk, printed from an engraved plate.

Description

Provenance

UK, private dealer

Literature

1. 1.For a similar American item see:
   

Hamilton, John D., Material Culture of the American Freemasons, Museum of Our National Heritage, 1994, pp. 47-48.

2. For a similar English example see:

Hamill, John, M., The Masonic Collection at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. In: Journal of the History of Collections, 4, no. 2 (1922), pp. 285-295.