Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus images not in sharp focus

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

Gorgeously aged painted surfaces with alligatoring here and there and a bunch of worm holes freckling him

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

12 x 9 1/8" and in great condition

keeping the tiny ball from being lost if carrying it around

Scarce Hand-Engraved Silver Masonic "Senior Deacons" Folding Square and Compass baby jusus images not in sharp focusQuite 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