Masonry Collection

Building and masonry tools
Various building and masonry tools, including a saw, a mallet, chisels, hatchets, a trowel and a hammer

Masonic chart. Date c1872

Washington as a Freemason. George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, in masonic attire, holding scroll

Big Ben under Scaffold
Big Ben covered with scaffolding as the masonry is repaired and cleaned

Hadrians Wall
Britains chief Roman monument, the fort on Hadrians Wall in Northumberland, near Hexham. A section of the wall showing solid Roman masonry, eight feet thick and originally 12feet high

Builders at work in the foreground, with partially completed buildings in the background

Freemasons Hall, Quetta, Balochistan, British India
Freemasons Hall (McMahon Lodge), Quetta, Balochistan, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1910s

Bactrian Camel. Ukraine
Bactrian Camel (Camelus Bactrianus) at the Genoese Fortress. Sudak. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine

Freemason seal of the 19th century with different symbols as the Seal of Solomon or Star of David. Metals. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Japanese masonry Dragon. Date: circa 1910s

Mexico - Teotihuacan - Temple of Quetzacoatal
Mexico - Teotihuacan - Aztec Pyramid Temple of Quetzalcoatl ( The Temple of the Feathered Serpent ) - elaborate exterior stone carving with dragon and lizard heads

Leeds Workhouse and Burmantofts Cemetery
A very early photograph of Leeds Workhouse from Burmantofts Cemetery, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The workhouse, designed by William Perkin and Elisha Backhouse

Secret Societies (nineteenth century). Initiation ceremony of a new member. Colored engraving

Tholos Tomb / Mycenae
Schliemann dubbed this majestic building the Treasury of Atreus but the capstone-topped ashlar corbelled masonry is actually that of a Tholos tomb

Thessaloniki, Greece - Cobblers - Arch of Galerius
Thessaloniki, Greece - Cobblers working beneath the 4th century Triumphal Arch of Galerius (part of the Rotunda Complex). Date: circa 1910s

Fabulous Arab Doorway - Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
An absolutely fabulous Arab Doorway in the port town of Sidi Bou Said Tunisia, with a pair of knockers for the main decorated wooden doors (for ease of knocking when on a camel or on horseback)

Trier, Germany - St Matthias Abbey
Germany - Trier. The oldest City in Germany - St Matthias Abbey Date: 1909

Ruins of the Wiracocha Temple at Raqch i, Peru
Built in the fifteenth century and considered by the historians to be one of the most audacious Inca constructions, the remarkable Wiracocha temple at Raqchi

The Ornate Priors Door at Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire. A twelfth-century carved door way connected the Cathedral to the medieval cloister

Delhi, India - Tomb of Shams Uddin Altamash (Shams ud-Din Iltutmish). Date: 1911

Santiago de Compostela - Basilica - Portico de la Gloria
Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Basilica - Portico de la Gloria Date: circa 1910s

The Blue Mosque and Walled Obelisk, Istanbul, Turkey
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known by its official name, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul

Tower Bridge, Southern Main Pier, masonry superstructure, October 1893 Date: 1893

Tower Bridge, Northern Main Pier, masonry superstructure, November 1893 Date: 1893

Tower Bridge, masonry of lower parts of river piers Date: circa 1892

Tower Bridge, Masonry Arch over North Pier Date: circa 1892

Tower Bridge, Masonry Arch over Northern Abutment Date: circa 1892

Masonry and sculpture tools and equipment
Italian Masonry and sculpture tools and equipment on display Date: circa 1920s

Wells Cathedral - Chantry Chapel - Wells, Somerset, England. Date: (insert date)

Prentice Pillar and Lady Chapel - Roslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland Date: circa 1920s

Tram passing beneath the 4th century Triumphal Arch of Galerius, part of the Rotunda Complex, Thessaloniki, Greece. Date: circa 1920s

Emperor Justinian I the Great 1, Empress Theodora, etc
Emperor Justinian I the Great 1, Byzantine imperial courtiers 2, Empress Theodora 3, and Basil II, the Bulgar Slayer 4. Immagini di Giustiniano Teodora

Baroque Keystones - Crypt beneath Queen Annes building
Baroque Keystones in the Crypt beneath Queen Annes building at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London - possibly intended for one of the rooms of Greenwich Palace, but never used. Date: 1946

The Infernal used by the English Navy at St. Malo s. A floating mine constructed in a vessel with sand, gunpowder, masonry, bombs and fireworks. Copperplate engraving by N.C

Varieties of masonry for walls, ancient and modern
Varieties of masonry for walls, including reticulated, incertain, isodomum, pseudisodomum with unequal courses, Roman emplection with core of rubble and Greek emplection

Cloister door, Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh, Scotland
Cloister door, Dryburgh Abbey (Premonstratensian Order, or White Canons), near Dryburgh, Scotland, dating back to the 12th century. Date: circa 1900s

Cairo, Egypt - The heart of a Arab House
Cairo, Egypt - The heart of a wonderfully-ornate Arab House boasting some magnificent stonework masonry detailing, wooden furniture, carved doors and columns. circa 1908

Rodi Garganico, Italy - Window on the Via dei Cavalieri
Rodi Garganico, Italy - Beautiful carved window surround on the Via dei Cavalieri. Date: circa 1920s

Mycenae, treasury of Atreus
Details of the construction of a Tholos tomb at Mycenae, dubbed the Treasury of Atreus. The inward laid corbelled masonry was topped with a capstone (Fig. 5). Date: 1855

Scottish Rite (The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry) Temple, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1917

Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Entrance of Royal Hospital (Hospital Real). Date: circa 1910s

The Norman Doorway - Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset. Date: circa 1930s

Ruins found in the property of M. Le Marquis de Longvilliers at Montreuil-sur-Mer, France. Date: late 1910

Mexico City - The Metropolitan Tabernacle (Sagrario Metropolitano), built by Lorenzo Rodriguez. Date: circa 1950s

Casa del Gobernador (Governors Palace) Uxmal Yucatan Mexico
Casa del Gobernador (Governors Palace), Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico. Date: circa 1940s

Aubervilliers, France - The Post Office - opened in 1927. Date: circa 1930

Tomb of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Painter and Poet
Tomb of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Painter and Poet at Birchington on Sea. Date: circa 1910s

Chateau de Brecy, Saint-Gabriel-Brecy, France - Pediment and sundial, courtyard Date: circa 1905

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping