Early 20th Century Masonic Arm & Hammer Square & Compass Folk Art Sign

This original 1930s signet was manufactured by the Demoulin Brothers & Co. of Greenville, Illinois. The Demoulin Brothers & Co. were famous for their line of wacky Gentlemen's lodge ceremonial and initiation devices/props. This particular piece was manufactured for the No. 493 Fowler, Indiana chapter of The Order of the Eastern Star...

Hand-cut wooden wall cabinet featuring an elaborate openwork crest centered around Masonic iconography, including the square and compass with a prominent "G," flanked by symbolic too...

A fine decorative french eglomise barometer.

Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie Nautical compass mounted by a brass gimbal into a copper brass bound case with sloping glazed aperture with heavily bevelled glass. Flat brass bezel with five holding screws signed ‘E.S.Ritchie’ and numbered 5779. Side opening compartment for a lighted wick with drawer beneath. The compass is mounted in a heavy painted brass bowl with very fine copper pivot supporting the floating direction card. A diaphragm is located in the base of the bowl for temperature compensation. E.S.Ritchie founded the business in 1850 to manufacture mechanical, electrical and scientific instruments. In 1857 he turned his attention to navigational instruments and begun making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry mounted nautical compasses were considered by all navies and commercial shipping companies as the highest technological standard of the day, however, in 1860 Ritchie had received a US patent for the first successful and practical liquid-filled marine compass...

Masonic cast iron original black painted masonic flag holder with footed ball and claw feet. The condition is very good and strong.

Antique figural painted tin trade sign. This piece takes the form of an antique mortar and pestle, one of the most important tools used by practitioners of medicine for centuries. T...

19th century Folk Art wooden and brass pocket watch holder. Unique and most certainly one-of-a-kind watch holder, made to represent an embell...

Large early American Antique Copper Bannerette Weather Vane Possibly J. Howard & Co. First-half of the 19th century; Northeastern, USA Copper, iron Approximate size: 24 (h) x 55 (w) x 1 (d) in. This rare and large American scrollwork bannerette weathervane recalls those produced by Jonathan Howard & Co. of West Bridgewater, MA. Further academic research may confirm or deny this possibility and an origin with J.W. Fiske & Co. of New York, shouldn’t be ruled out. Alternatively, this weathervane may also be an entirely independent work from the first half of the 19th century, steeped in the early genesis of weathervanes as an American folk art. This antique weather vane...

American wrought iron and gilt trade sign bracket with decorative scroll work and gilt ball motif. Late 19th Century

Impressive Late 19th or Early 20th Century Zinc Locksmith Trade Sign in the form of a Large full bodied key. Found in its original finish. Remarkable Condition. France Circa 1900