- Title:
- Medal presented to F. Denis Leveque, Lodge La Tolerance, London, 22nd January, 1847.
- Object name(s):
- Metal; Medal, England; Medal, France
- Brief description:
- Gold coloured metal medal. On the obverse is a relief depiction of a perfect ashlar bearing a set square and compass and a Seal of Solomon. This is surmounted by a relief beehive which is arched by seven bees. On the reverse is relief text reading 'MÉDAILLE / DE FONDATEUR / DE LA LOGE FRANÇAISE / LA TOLÉRANCE / NO. 784 / INSTITUÉE À LONDRES / 22 JANVIER 1847'.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Medals Freemasonry England
- Associated concept:
- Medals Freemasonry France
- Associated person:
- Leveque, F. Denis, Former Owner
- Comments:
- Lodge La Tolerance was founded in 1847 in London, England with the number 784. In 1894 the number was changed to 538. The lodge was formed of French freemasons who had come to England in the late nineteenth century.
- Comments:
- The French text 'MÉDAILLE DE FONDATEUR DE LA LOGE FRANÇAISE LA TOLÉRANCE NO. 784 INSTITUÉE À LONDRES 22 JANVIER 1847' translates as 'Founder's medal of the French lodge La Tolerance, No. 784. Instituted in London on 22nd Januar, 1847'.
- Comments:
- As most items are manufactured in the same year they are presented, date of manufacture for this medal is taken to be the same as its presentation date. Please note this manufacture date is speculative as occasionally items are manufactured before or even after the date of presentation.
- Comments:
- The cataloguing of the medal collection at the Library and Museum of Freemasonry was supported by a grant from Arts Council England in 2013.
- Content - description:
- Perfect ashlar, Set square and compass, Seal of Solomon, Beehive, Bees
- Dimension:
- H: n/a W: n/a D: 3.5 Dia: 34 Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- 05/11/1975
- Inscription content:
- POSITION: Rim TEXT: 'F ∴ DENIS LEVEQUE.' METHOD: Engraved SCRIPT TYPE: Block LANGUAGE: English TRANSLATION: n/a NOTE: F. Denis Leveque was a founder of Lodge La Tolerance.
- Object name:
- Metal; Medal, England; Medal, France
- Object number:
- M2013/1008
- Object production date:
- 1847 (circa)
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Struck metal
- Technique:
- Engraved
- User's reference:
- Labouret, Marc (2007) Les Métaux et la Mémoire: La Franc-Maçonnerie Française racontée par ses jetons et médailles, Paris: Maison Platt Editeur Numismatique
- User's reference:
- Hamburgishe Zircle- Correspondenz: Die Deutschen Freimaurer-Medaillen von 1742-1905, Volumes 1-7(1898): Hamburg: F. W. Radmacher
- User's reference:
- Harris, Trevor I. (2007) The medals and jewels of British Freemasonry: in consultation with and in support of the Library and Museum Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5AZ, UK: Trevor I. Harris Publications
- User's reference:
- Shackles, George L. (1901) The medals (commemorative or historical) of British freemasonry: a photographic reproduction of medals struck by British lodges and Freemasons, Hamburg: F. W. Radmacher
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