This is one of several items that came from a New England Gallery that procured numerous collections of early Fraternal Society Ceremonial items from Masonic Temples and Odd Fellows Lodges in New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. Most of the items were from the late 1800s to early 1900s and depicted Clothing, Regalia and Armaments from the Medieval Renaissance and Crusades eras up to the American Civil War era. This Chapeaux is made by the M.C. Lilley and Company of Columbus, Ohio. The M.C. Lilley and Company existed under that name from 1923 to 1925 so it was easy to determine the time period the Chapeaux was made. The M.C. Lilley Company bought out the Ames Sword Company in 1925, moving their equipment to Columbus. The M.C. Lilley and Company changed their name later in 1925 to The Lilley Company, and again in 1931 to the Lilley-Ames Company.