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Title:
Past Master's jewel for Aconcagua Lodge, No. 3489 presented to W. Bro. Douglas Vivian Lowe, 1950.
Object name(s):
Jewels; Jewel, Past Master
Brief description:
Top bar: Gold curved bar embellished with foliage and infilled with dark blue enamel with text reading 'SEPTIMUS'. Ribbon: Ribbed silk in light blue. First hanging device: Gold shield painted in colour enamel with Aconcagua (mountain) and pinned to a frame of foliage with a banner entwined above the shield that is infilled with dark blue and white enamel with text reading 'ACONCAGUA LODGE'. There is a trapezoid shaped bar below the shield, infilled with dark blue enamel and with text reading 'No. 3489'. Second hanging device: Gold set square, matt with foliage design in relief and polished trim, below which is suspended the 47th proposition of Euclid. Pin: Vertical.
Collection:
Museum of Freemasonry
Acquisition method:
Donation
Associated concept:
Jewels--Freemasonry--England--1940-1949--Past Masters
Associated concept:
Jewels--Freemasonry--England--1950-1959--Past Masters
Associated concept:
Badges (logos) Freemasonry Argentina Aconcagua
Associated person:
Spencer and Co
Associated person:
Lowe, Douglas Vivian, Former owner
Comments:
At 6962 metres, Aconcagua is the tallest mountain in the Americas. It is part of the Andes mountain range and is in the Mendoza province of Argentina where this Lodge was also located.
Content - description:
Set square, 47th proposition of Euclid, Aconcagua (mountain), Foliage
Dimension:
H: 119 W: 39 D: 8 Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
Entry date:
1997/--/--
Inscription content:
'RS'
Inscription content:
'SPENCER'
Inscription content:
'LONDON'
Inscription content:
15ct Birmingham
Inscription type:
Hallmark
Inscription content:
POSITION: Reverse of second hanging device TEXT: 'PRESENTED TO WOR. BRO. DOUGLAS VIVIAN LOWE / IN APPRECIATION OF / HIS ABLE SERVICES / AS 39TH MASTER / 1949-1950'. METHOD: Engraved SCRIPT TYPE: Block LANGUAGE: English TRANSLATION: n/a NOTE: n/a
Object name:
Jewels; Jewel, Past Master
Object number:
M1997/24
Object production date:
1950 (circa)
Object production place:
England
Reproduction format:
Digital image
Technique:
Cast metal
Technique:
Engraved
Technique:
Pinned
Technique:
Enamelled
Technique:
Painted
Technique:
Woven

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/16a3fdeb-e4e5-3ed1-870e-fadd2a25bd4d

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/16a3fdeb-e4e5-3ed1-870e-fadd2a25bd4d, Museum of Freemasonry, CC BY

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