so mote it be
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I delivered this presentation in 2005 while a participant in the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts\' Low Country Summer Institute. MESDA is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.TRANSCRIPT
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“So Mote It Be”: Masonic Symbols in Decorative
Arts from the Carolina Low Country
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Hogarth’s Night (Satire)
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Origins of Freemasonry
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Masonic Work
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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.
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Freemasonry in Colonial America
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Masonic Decorative Arts
•Aprons •Furniture •Jewels •Floorcloths •Tracing boards •Charts
Fraternal
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Masonic Decorative ArtsUtilitarian
•ceramic pitchers
•Bowls
•blown-molded flasks
•glass artifacts
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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.
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Masonic Affiliation•John Ritto Penniman Floor Cloth
•Benjamin Bucktrout Worshipful Master’s Chair
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Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts•Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Worshipful Master’s Chair
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•Master Mason’s Apron by Thomas Coram
Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts
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Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts•Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Worshipful Master’s Chair
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Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts•Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Worshipful Master’s Chair
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Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts•Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Worshipful Master’s Chair
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Charleston Masonic Decorative Arts•Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Worshipful Master’s Chair
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Charleston Masonic Decorative ArtsMaster Mason’s Apron by Thomas Coram
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Charleston Masonic Decorative ArtsMasonic Aprons
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Charleston Masonic Decorative ArtsScottish Rite, York Rite, and Knights Templar
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Charleston Masonic Decorative ArtsMaster Mason’s Apron by Thomas Coram
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Where Do We (I) Go From Here?