Whence Came You Vintage Freemasons Sign 1925 Dimanche (1901-1988)

Dimanche (1901-1988)

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I'm a sucker for a beautiful knife/utensil tray

My guess is that this piece dates to the second half of the 19th century--based both upon looking at a lot of other wooden pull toys

Whence Came You Vintage Freemasons Sign 1925 Dimanche (1901-1988)I nabbed this painted metal sign just because I liked it, but I've since come to understand that "Whence Came You?" is a phrase central to Freemasonry, apparently intended to provide profound thinking about the meaning of life, self, and what it means to be a Mason. The history and rituals of the Freemasons seem incredibly complex, so I won't even try to get into them here, but I do think they claimed a pretty great phrase! And certainly hanging this