- Title:
- Collar and jewel (undress) for a Past Senior Grand Warden worn by Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, circa 1942.
- Object name(s):
- Regalia; Collar, Grand Rank; Collar jewel, Grand Rank
- Brief description:
- Collar in dark blue ribbed silk and lined in dark blue silk. Down the centre of the collar to the apex is a double line of gold Russian braid around a button of embroidery in a chequerboard design. Suspended from it is the jewel of a Past Senior Grand Warden in gold coloured metal, oval shaped with a central disc of dark blue enamel on which is a level. The border around the enamel is matt with a wreath of wheat and acacia in relief. There is a presentation inscription on the reverse.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Regalia--Freemasonry--England--Grand Rank--Collars
- Associated concept:
- Regalia--Freemasonry--England--Grand Rank--Collar jewels
- Associated concept:
- Collars--Freemasonry--England--Grand Rank
- Associated concept:
- Collar jewels Freemasonry England Past Grand Rank
- Associated person:
- Spencer and Co
- Associated person:
- Amery, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett, 1873-1955, Former owner
- Comments:
- Rt. Hon. Leopold Amery was a Conservative politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty (1922-1924) and the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1924-1929) and for India and Burma (1940-1945). He served as Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England 1942-1955.
- Comments:
- As most items are manufactured in the same year as they are presented, date of manufacture for this item is taken to be the same as the date of appointment. Please note this manufacture date is speculative as occasionally items are manufactured before or even after the date of presentation.
- Content - description:
- Level, Wheat, Acacia
- Dimension:
- (As worn) H: 530 W: 395 D: n/a Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- n/k
- Inscription content:
- Embroidered label: 'MASONIC MANUFRS / EST.D 1801. / Spencer & Co / 19, 20 & 21 / GT QUEEN ST / LONDON' W.C.'
- Inscription content:
- POSITION: Reverse of collar jewel TEXT: 'PRESENTED TO W. BRO: / RT. HON. L. C. M. S. AMERY, P.C., M.P. / ON HIS APPOINTMENT TO / THE OFFICE OF SENIOR GRAND WARDEN / BY THE MEMBERS OF / CANADA LODGE NO. 3527 / AS A TOKEN OF / THEIR AFFECTION AND ESTEEM' METHOD: Engraved SCRIPT TYPE: Block LANGUAGE: English TRANSLATION: n/a NOTE: n/a
- Object name:
- Regalia; Collar, Grand Rank; Collar jewel, Grand Rank
- Object number:
- M2009/764
- Object production date:
- 1942 (circa)
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Woven
- Technique:
- Russian braid
- Technique:
- Cast metal
- Technique:
- Plated
- Technique:
- Engraved
- Technique:
- Enamelled
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