- Title:
- Founder's jewel for Canute Lodge, No. 3104 presented to W. Bro. Francis Albert Norman, 1905.
- Object name(s):
- Jewels; Jewel, Founder; Jewel, Founding Master
- Brief description:
- Top bar: Wavy banner in gold plated silver entwined with foliage and infilled with dark blue and white enamel with text reading 'FOUNDER'. Ribbon: Ribbed silk in light blue. Ribbon device: Gold plated silver shield painted in colour enamel with King Canute enthroned and by the sea. Arching over the shield are two banners with curling foliage ends and infilled with dark blue enamel with text reading 'CANUTE / LODGE'. At the centre of the banners are two sandpipers in gold plated silver shaped so their heads are beneath their bodies and are facing each other. Beneath the shield is a banner with ends of curling foliage and infilled with white enamel and with text reading 'No. 3104'. Hanging device: Gold plated silver set square with foliage design in relief. Pin: Vertical.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Jewels--Freemasonry--England--1900-1909--Founders
- Associated concept:
- Jewels--Freemasonry--England--1900-1909--Founding Masters
- Associated concept:
- Canute Lodge, No. 3104, Southend-on-Sea--Jewels
- Associated concept:
- Badges (logos)--Freemasonry--People--Canute I, King of England, 995?-1035
- Associated person:
- Spencer and Co
- Associated person:
- Norman, Francis Albert, Former owner
- Comments:
- King Canute reigned as a successful King of England from 1016 until his death in 1035. The ribbon device on this jewel portrays the famous legend of Canute trying - and failing - to command back the waves of the ocean, in order to disprove a tiresome flatterer who claimed Canute was so powerful he could command the forced of nature. The sandpipers depicted on the jewel were, according to legend, Canute's favourite food.
- Content - description:
- King Canute, Sandpipers, Set square, Foliage
- Dimension:
- H: 90 W: 49 D: 7 Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- 07/06/1950
- Inscription content:
- 'SPENCER'
- Inscription content:
- 'LONDON'
- Inscription content:
- 'R. S.'
- Inscription content:
- Sterling silver, Birmingham, lowercase e, 1904/05
- Inscription type:
- Hallmark
- Object name:
- Jewels; Jewel, Founder; Jewel, Founding Master
- Object number:
- M2002/1122
- Object production date:
- 1905
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Cast metal
- Technique:
- Engraved
- Technique:
- Woven
- Technique:
- Enamelled
- Technique:
- Painted
- Technique:
- Plated
- Technique:
- Pinned
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