Whence Came You Vintage Freemasons Sign Northwest Coast Native This is a charming antique

This is a charming antique calling card

I found these wonderful old hand-painted letters in the stables of a huge old horse farm in Marlborough MA

”Like the infanta at the center of that painting

I especially love the hats and feet of this mid-century boy and girl

Whence Came You Vintage Freemasons Sign Northwest Coast Native This is a charming antiqueI 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