1921 Masonic
Door Stop
with an Egyptian
Theme
If you had two of these they
would be bookends, but the loss of one makes it a door stop! It is
wonderfully hand-painted and pictures a winged scarab or beetle. It is
from the Latin Scarabeus, a beetle, the ancient Egyptian symbol usually
combining representations of the sacred insect with a pellet suggesting the
sun, the whole sacred to the sun-god. Sometimes the venerated beetle as
a living soul is shown with outstretched wings or with the horned head of a
ram. Scarabs are often inscribed with mottos or other similar lettering.
A special
"Thanks" from Brother Al Lohman, a 30 year collector and 30+ year
Masonic Lodge member from Wisconsin. Al trades on eBay under the User ID
"lochlohman"
