- Title:
- Medal commemorating Robert Freke Gould's fiftieth year as a freemason, circa 1905.
- Object name(s):
- Metal; Medal, England
- Brief description:
- Silver coloured rectangular metal medal. On the obverse central to the design is a right facing relief bust of Robert Freke Gould (1836-1915) (see notes below). On each side of the bust is a tree in relief with leaves and fruit. At the top of the medal are two banners mounted with relief text reading 'ROBERT FREKE GOULD' and 'P.G.D. ENGLAND'. Beneath the bust mounted on top of tree roots is a plaque mounted with relief text reading '1855 / 8 DECEMBER' and '1905 / 8 DECEMBER'. In the centre of the plaque is a relief depiction of the Quatuor Coronati within an oval encircled by a wreath consisting of two ears of corn. The reverse is blank other than a set square and compass in relief at the bottom above relief text reading 'HAMBURGISCHE ZIRKEL CORRESPONDENZ'.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Medals--England
- Associated concept:
- Symbolism Freemasonry Medals
- Associated person:
- Gould, Robert Freke, 1836-1915, Dedicatee
- Comments:
- Robert Freke Gould (1836-1915) was a renowned freemason who founded the Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No. 2076, London. He also published several papers on freemasonry in addition to the much celebrated 'History of Freemasonry' (1883-1887). On 8th December 1855 Gould was initiated into freemasonry. This medal commemorates Gould's fifty years as a freemason.
- Comments:
- The German text 'HAMBURGISCHE ZIRKEL CORRESPONDENZ' translates as 'THE HAMBURG CIRCLE CORRESPONDENCE'. It was a masonic society based in Hamburg, Germany, which funded and published works on masonic history and objects.
- 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:
- Robert Freke Gould, Trees, Leaves, Fruit, Tree roots, Quatuor Coronati, Wreath, Ears of corn, Set square and compass
- Dimension:
- H: n/a W: n/a 2 D: Dia: 46 Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- n/k
- Object name:
- Metal; Medal, England
- Object number:
- M2013/204
- Object production date:
- 1905 (circa)
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Struck metal
- 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:
- Poole, Herbert, Reverend (1939) A catalogue of masonic medals in the museum of the Province of Worcestershire, Worcester: Library and Museum Committee, Worcester
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