- Title:
- Founder's jewel for Thalia Lodge, No. 5177, 1930.
- Object name(s):
- Jewels; Jewel, Founder
- Brief description:
- Top bar: Gold plated silver banner infilled with white enamel and bearing the text 'FOUNDER'. Surrounding the banner is gold plated silver scrolling motifs. Ribbon: Ribbed silk in light blue. Hanging device: Gold plated silver oval plaque painted with a coloured enamel depiction of the greek muse of comedy and idyllic poetry Thalia. She is wearing dark blue classical robes and is crowned with ivy, in her right hand she holds the mask of comedy and in her right is a shepards staff. Surmounting the plaque is a gold plated silver banner infilled with dark blue and white enamel and bearing the text 'THALIA LODGE'. At the bottom of the device is a gold plated silver foliage motif with a gold shaped banner entwined around it, infilled with dark blue and white enamel and bearing the text 'No. 5177'. Pin: Vertical.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Jewels Freemasonry England 1930-1939 Founders
- Associated concept:
- Badges (logos) Freemasonry Deities Thalia (Greek deity)
- Comments:
- Item catalogued as part of the London On-Line project.
- Content - description:
- Foliage, Thalia, Staff, Crown of ivy, Mask of comedy
- Dimension:
- H: 89 W: 40 D: 5 Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- 31/03/1931
- Inscription content:
- 'R&S'
- Inscription content:
- 'SPENCER'
- Inscription content:
- 'LONDON'
- Inscription content:
- Sterling silver, Birmingham, uppercase E, 1929
- Inscription type:
- Hallmark
- Object name:
- Jewels; Jewel, Founder
- Object number:
- M2002/3126
- Object production date:
- 1929
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Cast metal
- Technique:
- Plated
- Technique:
- Engraved
- Technique:
- Woven
- Technique:
- Painted
- Technique:
- Enamelled
- Technique:
- Pierced
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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