Early
19th Century Gold & Ivory
Masonic
Wax Seal
This
is quite possibly an early 19th century Scottish or York Rite Wax
Seal. It depicts the Jerusalem Cross, a Greek cross between four
crosslets with a Hebrew verse underneath. It was adopted by Baldwyn as
the arms of the kingdom of Jerusalem, and has since been deemed a symbol of
the Holy Land. It is also the jewel of the Knights of the Holy
Sepulcher. Symbolically, the four small crosses typify the four wounds
of the Savior in the hands and feet, and the large central cross shows forth
his death for that world to which the four extremities point. It is well made considering its
Ivory and gold materials. It measures 10.5 centimeters long and still
has its original box.
