Lot of 6 items related to noted American chemist James Curtis Booth, including 3 personal Masonic items. Masonic items include: silver three-piece badge, obverse engraved with Masonic symbols, reverse engraved James C. Booth / Franklin Lodge No. 134 A.Y.M; blue silk apron, 14 x 16 in., with tassels, bullion trim and devices, decorated with hand painted portrait of Benjamin Franklin in gold sunburst and No. 134; and blue silk neck sash, 22 in. ln. Regalia housed in the original box with label of Horstmann Bros. & Co. Military Depot / 5th & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia. A lithographic depiction of Booth is also included, 13 x 16.75 in., by P.S. Duval & Co., Philadelphia, after a daguerreotype by M.A. Root, with facsimile signature; and a 5 x 8.25 in. lithograph of New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia (built 1853-1855). Condition: Badge with moderate tarnishing. Silk items very good. Box slightly brittle with soiling and some partial separation at the edges. Lithograph with some soiling, mostly in the lower margin.
Lot of 6 items related to noted American chemist James Curtis Booth, including 3 personal Masonic items. Masonic items include: silver three-piece badge, obverse engraved with Masonic symbols, reverse engraved James C. Booth / Franklin Lodge No. 134 A.Y.M; blue silk apron, 14 x 16 in., with tassels, bullion trim and devices, decorated with hand painted portrait of Benjamin Franklin in gold sunburst and No. 134; and blue silk neck sash, 22 in. ln. Regalia housed in the original box with label of Horstmann Bros. & Co. Military Depot / 5th & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia. A lithographic depiction of Booth is also included, 13 x 16.75 in., by P.S. Duval & Co., Philadelphia, after a daguerreotype by M.A. Root, with facsimile signature; and a 5 x 8.25 in. lithograph of New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia (built 1853-1855). Condition: Badge with moderate tarnishing. Silk items very good. Box slightly brittle with soiling and some partial separation at the edges. Lithograph with some soiling, mostly in the lower margin.
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