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Early Modern · documented field

Square and Compasses
Freemasonry’s best-known combined emblem, pairing two builders’ tools used in lodge teaching as moral symbols.
Early Modern · documented field

Triple Hexagon Crest (Mitsu-mori Kikkō-mon / Fukayabe) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo
Three piled hexagonal plates (mitsu-mori kikkō), the Kenmon type for Nikaidō Fukayabe.
Early Modern · documented field

Two-Bar Crest (Futatsu-Hikiryō-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo
Two parallel bars (futatsu-hikiryō), with bar count defining the type.
Early Modern · documented field

Two-Leaf Asarum Crest (Futaba-Aoi-mon) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo
A plant-type mark of two heart-shaped leaves of Asarum caulescens (futaba-aoi), not garden hollyhock.
Early Modern · documented field

Washer Crest (Kuginuki-mon / Square-Pierced-Round) — Documented Kamon Motif, Muromachi–Edo
A square plate pierced by a round hole (座金 / washer), not a pictorial carpenter’s bar.
Early Modern · documented field

Alexander Thurston Merchant Mark
Personal merchant mark of Norwich grocer and mercer Alexander Thurston.
Early Modern · documented field

Antwerp Compasses Goldsmith Mark
Pair-of-compasses maker punch documented on mid-sixteenth-century Antwerp silver.
Early Modern · documented field

Antwerp Hand and Three Ears Goldsmith Mark
Unidentified Antwerp goldsmith’s punch showing a hand grasping three ears of corn.
Early Modern · documented field

Antwerp Interlaced VV and Crescent Goldsmith Mark
Unidentified Antwerp goldsmith’s punch of interlaced Vs with a small crescent.














