Lot 460

Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction to be held on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th of November 2026

An 18th century painted leather apron, possibly Royal Arch/Orange Order, with letter reading "I have taken some time about this apron, and the result has led me to decide against its being Masonic, Brother Crave agrees, I thought at first it was Sheet of Nine, Ancient Accepted Rite, but some of the emblems do not suit for that. Their belief is that the apron is one of the Orange Society series, and of the higher degrees. The misfortune is that many other societies use an emblem. Trowbells such as Old Fellows, Free Gardeners and the PM of the latter jewel is an axis with a pruning knife across the compasses .... Dated 14/95. 38cm x 39cm