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Title:
Past Master's collar jewel for Wandle Lodge, No. 2699 presented to W. Bro. R. J. Maitland Coffin, 1901.
Object name(s):
Jewels; Collar jewel, Past Master
Brief description:
Silver set square with the 47th proposition of Euclid suspended below, which are engraved with rayed designs around the borners. There is a hanging loop the top and an inscription on the reverse.
Collection:
Museum of Freemasonry
Acquisition method:
Donation
Associated concept:
Collar jewels--Freemasonry--England--Lodge Officers
Associated concept:
Regalia--Freemasonry--England--Lodge Officers--Collar jewels
Associated person:
Coffin, Richard James Maitland, Major, Former owner
Comments:
Item catalogued as part of the London On-Line project.
Comments:
Major R. J. Maitland Coffin MD was initiated into freemasonry in the Savage Club Lodge, No. 2190 in 1887. He went on to found several lodges and was active in Royal Arch as well as many side degrees. In 1902 he was made Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies. He was also a member of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No. 2076. A military surgeon, he eventually achieved the rank of Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Content - description:
Set square, 47th proposition of Euclid, Rayed design
Dimension:
H: 73 W: 113 D: n/a Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
Entry date:
n/k
Inscription content:
'C.W'
Inscription content:
Sterling silver, London, lowercase e, 1900
Inscription type:
Hallmark
Inscription content:
POSITION: Reverse TEXT: 'PRESENTED TO / W. Bro. Dr. Maitland Coffin. P. M. / by the Members of the / WANDLE LODGE / No. 2699. / March 1901.' METHOD: Engraved (hand) SCRIPT TYPE: Gothic and copperplate LANGUAGE: English TRANSLATION: n/a NOTE: n/a
Object name:
Jewels; Collar jewel, Past Master
Object number:
M2009/531
Object production date:
1900
Object production place:
England
Related object number:
15814227
Related object note:
Related object database number
Reproduction format:
Digital image
Technique:
Cast metal
Technique:
Engraved (hand)
Technique:
Pierced

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Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4794940d-1f92-3594-8331-a07a3f5dedd4, Museum of Freemasonry, CC BY

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