A distinctive device carved on stone by the mason who dressed it.
‘If he passed this examination of his skill, he would be admitted to that lodge as a master mason and given a mason's mark that would be unique to him.’
‘‘Many of the mason's marks, with which they used to ‘sign’ their work, can still be seen around the church, and some of them are also found in the Minster.’
‘The relationship between the various branches and members is established through inscriptions and the use of a twice-broken staff motif as mason's mark and on their seals.’
‘The aqueduct has numerous mason's marks on its stones.’
‘Some of the stones had been carved as part of architectural features and some carried more than one mason's mark.’
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