Whence Came You Vintage Freemasons Sign Northwest Coast Native through which to the textural

through which to the textural ribs of the stoneware clay body shows

I found these wonderful old hand-painted letters in the stables of a huge old horse farm in Marlborough MA

with traditional costumes representing all of the states of the Soviet Union at the time

I believe this birdcage dates from the 1930s or so

Whence Came You Vintage Freemasons Sign Northwest Coast Native through which to the texturalI nabbed this painted metal sign just because I liked it, but I've since come to understand that "Whence Came You?" is a phrase central to Freemasonry, apparently intended to provide profound thinking about the meaning of life, self, and what it means to be a Mason. The history and rituals of the Freemasons seem incredibly complex, so I won't even try to get into them here, but I do think they claimed a pretty great phrase! And certainly hanging this