so mote it be
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“So Mote It Be”: Masonic Symbols in Decorative
Arts from the Carolina Low Country
Hogarth’s Night (Satire)
Origins of Freemasonry
Masonic Work
Freemasonry in Colonial AmericaGrand Lodge of England and a central meeting between four lodges of London in 1716 at the Apple Tree Tavern
Reached North America in the 1730s and each of the thirteen colonies had established lodges by 1765
The earliest lodge of Freemasons in America was organized in Philadelphia’s Old Tun Tavern in 1730-31.
Freemasonry in Colonial America
Masonic Decorative Arts
•Aprons •Furniture •Jewels •Floorcloths •Tracing boards •Charts
Fraternal
Masonic Decorative ArtsUtilitarian
•ceramic pitchers
•Bowls
•blown-molded flasks
•glass artifacts
Masonic Decorative Arts
Symbols•First floor – checkered ground-floor pavement of King Solomon’s Temple (E.A. work) •Second floor – Middle chamber of King Solomon’s Temple w/working tools of a F.C.•Third floor – Sanctum Sanctorium of Holy of Holies of Solomon’s Temple; symbols of the M.M. degree; veiled from above is “Celestial Lodge” presided over by the All-Seeing Eye of God.
Masonic Affiliation•John Ritto Penniman Floor Cloth
•Benjamin Bucktrout Worshipful Master’s Chair
Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts•Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Worshipful Master’s Chair
•Master Mason’s Apron by Thomas Coram
Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts
Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts•Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Worshipful Master’s Chair
Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts•Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Worshipful Master’s Chair
Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts•Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Worshipful Master’s Chair
Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts•Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Worshipful Master’s Chair
Charleston Masonic Decorative ArtsMaster Mason’s Apron by Thomas Coram
Charleston Masonic Decorative ArtsMasonic Aprons
Charleston Masonic Decorative ArtsScottish Rite, York Rite, and Knights Templar
Charleston Masonic Decorative ArtsMaster Mason’s Apron by Thomas Coram
Where Do We (I) Go From Here?
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