- Title:
- Founder's jewel for Lodge of Mercy, No. 6821, 1949.
- Object name(s):
- Jewels; Jewel, Founder
- Brief description:
- Top bar: Gold coloured metal shaped bar partially infilled with dark blue enamel and bearing the text 'FOUNDER'. Ribbon: Ribbed and watered silk in light blue. Hanging device: Gold coloured metal plaque painted with a coloured enamel depiction of a soldier on a white horse holding a red piece of cloth. A partially clothed figure is clutching at the red cloth on the ground. The plaque is framed by a gold coloured metal decorative foliage motif. Beneath the plaque is a gold coloured metal banner infilled with white enamel and bearing the text 'LODGE OF MERCY / No 6821'. There is an inscription on the reverse. Pin: Vertical.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Jewels--Freemasonry--England--1940-1949--Founders
- Associated concept:
- Jewels--Freemasonry--England--1950-1959--Founders
- Comments:
- Item catalogued as part of the London On-Line project.
- Content - description:
- Foliage, Soldier, Horse, Figure, Rods
- Dimension:
- H: 96 W: 33 D: 5 Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- n/k
- Inscription content:
- 'SILVER'
- Inscription content:
- POSITION: Reverse of hanging device TEXT: 'PRESENTED BY / THE LODGE / FEBRUARY 1950' METHOD: Engraved SCRIPT TYPE: Block LANGUAGE: English TRANSLATION: n/a NOTE: n/a
- Object name:
- Jewels; Jewel, Founder
- Object number:
- M2003/42
- Object production date:
- 1949 (circa)
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Cast metal
- Technique:
- Plated
- Technique:
- Engraved
- Technique:
- Woven
- Technique:
- Watered
- Technique:
- Pinned
- Technique:
- Pierced
- Technique:
- Painted
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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