Stunning 1918 Hopewell Lodge Masonic Silk Ribbon Quilt with Red Crosses (Delicate) candlestick A little research tells me

A little research tells me that 500 is a trump taking game related to euchre and bridge

with faces and bodies from classical sculpture and winged angels swooping in amid "objective" anatomical diagrams

with light crazing to the glaze on the interior and a bit of undulation to the lip

thus yielding wonderfully inky pools of saturated color around its shoulders and neck

and then fuzzy gray wool for mustache

Stunning 1918 Hopewell Lodge Masonic Silk Ribbon Quilt with Red Crosses (Delicate) candlestick A little research tells meYears ago, I would occasionally find golden cigar silk quilts, which sadly have since become some precious I can never nab them anymore. But even better to my eye, here a little "quilt" made of white silk ribbons with red crosses, stitched together to form a sort of checkerboard of crosses. The ribbons are masonic, produced on the occasion of the 6th Annual Colonial Ball at the Hopewell Lodge, Feb 22, 1915. (F. and A. M stands for Free and Accepted