This apron is being sold by Adam Partridge of Chesire on July 9 and is listed as a19th century embroidered and jewelled silk apron. It then adds "possibly masonic".
It came from the Langley Silk Printworks and has a pre-asle estimate of £60 to £100.
At the same sale this apron, with provenacne traced through John Smith, Mayor of Macclesfield in 1953-84. It too has an estimate up to £100.
Also in the sale is this fine 19th century mahogany Masonic box... it is "carved in relief with numerous Masonic emblems and symbols, made for John Smith of Langley near Sutton, then in the care of William Eric Whiston of Macclesfield."
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