Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus and clearly grandma used it

and clearly grandma used it for lots of string over many many years

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

which has softened in color beautifully over the years

Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus and clearly grandma used itQuite 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