1800s Ames Mfg Co Scabbard Piece with Engraved Masonic Symbols bar tool Some wear to the paper

Some wear to the paper on the interior but overall really excellent condition

I think the cap is pewter

and badger brushes are especially suited for painting on glass and ceramic

4 1/4" l x 3 1/2" t x 5/8" thick

The gesture of this girl proudly raising her doll kills me

1800s Ames Mfg Co Scabbard Piece with Engraved Masonic Symbols bar tool Some wear to the paperThis fabulous thing, hand etched with an jam packed array of Freemasonry symbols, would once have been part of the scabbard or sheath for a ceremonial sword, with the rings allowing it to be hung proudly on the wall in between ritual wieldings:) I don't have much of an interest in swords, but I am sure glad someone salvaged this piece, which now I'd hang from those two rings just as it is. The metal piece itself was produced by the Ames Manufacturing