SOLD Antique Carved Marble Masonic Keystone with Hand Held Scale iron cutout bird A nice hinged Chinese cloisonné

A nice hinged Chinese cloisonné box

This I think is an especially beautiful one

There's an old wire at the top for hanging

but all do pull out--and push in again--easily

and one thin slice in the clay on the bottom of one plate

SOLD Antique Carved Marble Masonic Keystone with Hand Held Scale iron cutout bird A nice hinged Chinese cloisonnéI didn't know much of anything about this when I purchased it; I just really fell in love with that carved hand gripping balanced scale, which speaks of justice fairly delivered to me! Certainly it appeared to me to be Masonic, and with a bit research I've learned that it is a keystone indicative of the Royal Arch Masonry (also known as "Capitular Masonry") the first part of the American York Rite system of Masonic degrees and said by many to be "the