- Title:
- Plate jewel with masonic symbolism, 1836.
- Object name(s):
- Jewels; Jewel, Plate
- Brief description:
- Oval cast and engraved silver plate jewel. Obverse central to the design is a Volume of Sacred Law with a letter 'G' in the centre surrounded by a circle. This is surrounded by a rectangle with a rayed border design at its edge. Coming from all four corners of the rectangle to the four corners of the book is an engraved foliage design. Encircling the central design is a cast wreath of acacia in relief with a flower and a hanging loop in the form of a ribbon at the top. At the bottom of the wreath is a looped ribbon with two cornucopia pointing downwards to the left and right . The reverse is blank.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Jewels--Freemasonry--England--1830-1839
- Associated concept:
- Symbolism--Freemasonry--Jewels--1700-1819
- Associated concept:
- Silverwork--Jewels--1700-1819
- Associated person:
- J. P. Acklam, fl. 1820-1850, Silversmith
- Content - description:
- Volume of Sacred Law, Foliage, Acacia, Flower, Ribbon, Cornucopia
- Dimension:
- H: 97 W: 63 D: n/a Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- n/k
- Inscription content:
- 'IPA'
- Inscription content:
- 'I. P. ACKLAM / STRAND / LONDON'
- Inscription content:
- Stering silver, London, uppercase A, 1836
- Inscription type:
- Hallmark
- Object name:
- Jewels; Jewel, Plate
- Object number:
- M2009/2209
- Object production date:
- 1836
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Cast metal
- Technique:
- Engraved (hand)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/54323281-f1df-3499-8e4c-5ccf4e80a388
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/54323281-f1df-3499-8e4c-5ccf4e80a388, Museum of Freemasonry, CC BY
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